CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0453

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Traceroute-nanog version 6.1.1 allows local users to overwrite unauthorized memory and potentially execute arbitrary code via certain 'nprobes' and 'max_ttl' arguments that cause an integer overflow.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to unauthorized system access and execution of malicious code, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade to a newer version of the software that addresses this vulnerability and to monitor systems for potential exploitation attempts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

traceroute-nanog 6.1.1 allows local users to overwrite unauthorized memory and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain "nprobes" and "max_ttl" arguments that cause an integer overflow that is used when allocating memory, which leads to a buffer overflow.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS