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Debian DSA-348-1 : traceroute-nanog - integer overflow, buffer overflow

critical Nessus Plugin ID 15185

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

traceroute-nanog, an enhanced version of the common traceroute program, contains an integer overflow bug which could be exploited to execute arbitrary code. traceroute-nanog is setuid root, but drops root privileges immediately after obtaining raw ICMP and raw IP sockets. Thus, exploitation of this bug provides only access to these sockets, and not root privileges.

Solution

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 6.1.1-1.3.

We recommend that you update your traceroute-nanog package.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/200875

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-348

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 15185

File Name: debian_DSA-348.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/29/2004

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:traceroute-nanog, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0453

BID: 7994

DSA: 348