CVE catalog

CVE-2003-0489

tcptraceroute: CVE-2003-0489

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.41% · Oct 25, 2026

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.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debiantcptraceroutesid1.5beta7+debian-4.2fixed
Debiantcptracerouteforky1.5beta7+debian-4.2fixed
Debiantcptraceroutetrixie1.5beta7+debian-4.2fixed
Debiantcptraceroutebookworm1.5beta7+debian-4.1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debiantcptraceroutesourcesid1.4-4not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debiantcptraceroutesourceforky1.4-4not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debiantcptraceroutesourcetrixie1.4-4not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debiantcptraceroutesourcebookworm1.4-4not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [tcptraceroute]Fixed

    Source package: [tcptraceroute]

    Details (2)

    • 1.5beta7+debian-4.1+b1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.4-4

      dsa · tcptraceroute · debian · bookworm; dsa · tcptraceroute · debian · 12

    • 1.5beta7+debian-4.1+b1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.4-4

      dsa · tcptraceroute · debian · bookworm; dsa · tcptraceroute · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [tcptraceroute]Fixed
    Details (2)

    • 1.5beta7+debian-4.2 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.4-4

      dsa · tcptraceroute · debian · 13

    • 1.5beta7+debian-4.2 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 1.4-4

      dsa · tcptraceroute · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database]