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CVE-2005-1796

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-05-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in the curses_msg function in the Ncurses interface (ec_curses.c) for Ettercap before 0.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 3.0, 3.1
• ettercap: before 0.7.3 — fixed in 0.7.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: ettercap 0.7.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/history.php
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15535
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15664
• http://secunia.com/advisories/16000
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1014084
• http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-749
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-07.xml
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13820
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0670
• http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/history.php
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15535
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15664

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