12016 : tcptraceroute Arbitrary File Descriptor Access
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Disclosure Date
2003-06-23

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2003-0489" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Unknown or Incomplete

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

ISS X-Force ID: 12407
CVE ID: 2003-0489 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 8020
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-330

Tools & Filters

	15167

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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