Source: ettercap Version: 1:0.8.4-5 Severity: important Tags: security upstream Forwarded: https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/issues/1297 X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Security Team <[email protected]>
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for ettercap. CVE-2026-3606[0]: | A vulnerability has been found in Ettercap 0.8.4-Garofalo. Affected | by this vulnerability is the function add_data_segment of the file | src/ettercap/utils/etterfilter/ef_output.c of the component | etterfilter. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. Local | access is required to approach this attack. The exploit has been | disclosed to the public and may be used. The project was informed of | the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-3606 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3606 [1] https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/issues/1297 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore

