CVE-2002-1051

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-10-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in TrACESroute 6.0 GOLD (aka NANOG traceroute) allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the -T (terminator) command line argument.

Affected products

Ehud Gavron Tracesroute: 6.0, 6.1, 6.1.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0040.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0254.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102737546927749&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102753136231920&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9291.php
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2000_041_traceroute_txt.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4956
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-06/0040.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-07/0254.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102737546927749&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102753136231920&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9291.php

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