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CVE-2023-46316

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-234

Description

In buc Traceroute 2.0.12 through 2.1.2 before 2.1.3, the wrapper scripts do not properly parse command lines.

Affected products

• Buc Traceroute: from 2.0.12 before 2.1.3 — fixed in 2.1.3
• Debian Linux: 10.0, 11.0, 12.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Buc Traceroute 2.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176660/Traceroute-2.1.2-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-46316
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/traceroute/files/traceroute/traceroute-2.1.3/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176660/Traceroute-2.1.2-Privilege-Escalation.html
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-46316
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/traceroute/files/traceroute/traceroute-2.1.3/

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