PT-2004-2172 · Mtr · Mtr

Published 2004-12-15 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1224

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: mtr versions 0.55 through 0.65

Description: The issue is caused by an off-by-one error in the mtr curses keyaction function. This error allows local users to hijack raw sockets. The "s" keybinding is used as an example to demonstrate this issue, which results in a buffer without a NULL terminator.

Recommendations: For mtr versions 0.55 through 0.65, update to a version that fixes the off-by-one error in the mtr curses keyaction function to prevent local users from hijacking raw sockets.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1224

Affected Products

Mtr

References · 6

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-1224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1224 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2004-1224 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/18428 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110279034910663&w=2 · Note