DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0489

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0489

    Published: 7 Aug 2003Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2003-0489

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0489

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tcptraceroute

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/tcptraceroute?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.4-4

    Affected versions

    1.2-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High