CVE-2005-1796 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2005-1796?

CVE-2005-1796 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Jun 2005. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-1796?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Ettercap Ettercap.

How do I fix CVE-2005-1796?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2005-1796 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-1796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2005-1796, DSA-749-1, GHSA-m3x5-9p57-9q98.