Vulnerability in Michael C. Toren Tcptraceroute

CVE-2003-0489

tcptraceroute 1.4 and earlier does not fully drop privileges after obtaining a file descriptor for capturing packets, which may allow local users to gain access to the descriptor via a separate vulnerability in tcptraceroute.

EPSS: 0.004 (33.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

References

  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_DEBIAN, Vendor Advisory)