CVE-2011-2903

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-09-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in tcptrack before 1.4.2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line argument. NOTE: this is only a vulnerability in limited scenarios in which tcptrack is "configured as a handler for other applications." This issue might not qualify for inclusion in CVE.

Affected products

Rhythm Tcptrack: through 1.4.1; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1, 1.1-beta1, 1.1.0 (+8)

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/293
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/31/1
http://www.rhythm.cx/~steve/devel/tcptrack/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49352
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377917
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729096
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69467
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2011/q3/293
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/31/1
http://www.rhythm.cx/~steve/devel/tcptrack/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49352
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377917

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