Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 7, 2003· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0489
CVE-2003-0489
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
1- www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-330nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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