288348 – [PATCH] Ettercap segmentation fault 64bit CPU systems

Bug 288348 - [PATCH] Ettercap segmentation fault 64bit CPU systems

Summary: [PATCH] Ettercap segmentation fault 64bit CPU systems

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Netmon project

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Reported:	2009-10-09 17:59 UTC by Markos Chandras (RETIRED)
Modified:	2009-10-17 18:27 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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patch which fixes 64bit segmentation fault (casting.patch,591 bytes, patch) 2009-10-09 17:59 UTC, Markos Chandras (RETIRED)	Details \| Diff
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Description Markos Chandras (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-10-09 17:59:35 UTC

Ettercap has a know bug with 64bit systems. It crashes as soon as you choose "Scan for Hosts"

Timothy Redaelli <timothy@redaelli.eu> came up with a patch which is applied on Debian and Ubuntu packages

Please consider to release an ettercap revbump including this patch

https://bugs.launchpad.net/debian/+source/ettercap/+bug/364917

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
In case you have an 64bit system

1.launch ettercap -G
2.Select uniffied scan
3.Select Scan for Hosts



Expected Results:  
I would expect a list of hosts to be appeared

Comment 1 Markos Chandras (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-10-09 17:59:59 UTC

Created attachment 206563 [details, diff]
patch which fixes 64bit segmentation fault

Comment 2 Markos Chandras (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2009-10-17 18:27:28 UTC

Fixed on ettercap-0.7.3-r4.