CVE-2023-46316 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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In buc Traceroute 2.0.12 through 2.1.2 before 2.1.3, the wrapper scripts do not properly parse command lines.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Buc	Traceroute
Debian	Debian Linux
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:buc:traceroute:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:::::::*

Package	CPE	Advisory	Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
traceroute-3:2.1.0-8.el8	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8	RHSA-2024:3211	2024-05-22T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support
traceroute-3:2.1.0-8.el8_8	cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8	RHSA-2025:0823	2025-01-29T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
traceroute-3:2.1.0-18.el9	cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9	RHSA-2024:2483	2024-04-30T00:00:00Z

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176660/Traceroute-2.1.2-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-46316
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-46316
https://sourceforge.net/projects/traceroute/files/traceroute/traceroute-2.1.3/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-46316

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00042}`	epss `{'score': 0.00043}`

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 00:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs		cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8
Vendors & Products		Redhat rhel Eus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-10-24T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:45:41.288Z

Reserved: 2023-10-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2023-46316

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T20:45:41.288Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-25T18:17:37.610

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:28:17.453

Link: CVE-2023-46316

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2023-10-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2023-46316 - Bugzilla

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