Vulnerability in Mtr
CVE-2002-0497
Buffer overflow in mtr 0.46 and earlier, when installed setuid root, allows local users to access a raw socket via a long MTR_OPTIONS environment variable.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 40.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mtr — versions 0.41
References
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0048.html (mailing-list)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/8367.php (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4217 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-124 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)