DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0489

See a problem?
Please try reporting it to the source first.
Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0489
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0489.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0489
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2003-08-07T04:00:00Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:01:04Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / tcptraceroute

Package

Name
tcptraceroute
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tcptraceroute?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4-4

Affected versions

1.*
1.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0489.json"

Debian:13 / tcptraceroute

Package

Name
tcptraceroute
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tcptraceroute?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4-4

Affected versions

1.*
1.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0489.json"

Debian:14 / tcptraceroute

Package

Name
tcptraceroute
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/tcptraceroute?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.4-4

Affected versions

1.*
1.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0489.json"