CVE-2002-0497 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in mtr 0.46 and earlier, when installed setuid root, allows local users to access a raw socket via a long MTR_OPTIONS environment variable.

Published: 2003-04-02

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mtr:mtr:0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-0493	Buffer overflow in mtr 0.46 and earlier, when installed setuid root, allows local users to access a raw socket via a long MTR_OPTIONS environment variable.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00242.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0048.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-124
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8367.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4217

History

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Subscriptions

Mtr Mtr

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-04-02T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:49:28.811Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0497

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-0497

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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