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CVE-2004-0172

N/A
Published: February 23, 2004 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLtrace

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the search_for_command function of ltrace 0.3.10, if it is installed setuid, could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: It is unclear whether there are any packages that install ltrace as a setuid program, so this candidate might be REJECTed.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011600.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011610.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007896
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8790
VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13389

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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