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[DSA749] DSA-749-1 ettercap

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
DSA-749-1 ettercap

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

A vulnerability was discovered in the ettercap package which could permit
a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system running
ettercap.
The old stable distribution (woody) did not include ettercap.
For the stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.7.1-1sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.7.3-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your ettercap package.

Solution : http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-749
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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