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Critical
CVE-2003-0453
traceroute-nanog 6.1.1 allows local users to overwrite unauthorized memory and...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Affected Vendor
ehud gavron
View all reports →Affected Software
traceroute-nanog
Vulnerable Versions:
6.1.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 24th, 2003
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.