CVEvulnerability

CVE-2004-0172

7.2 HIGH Published 2004-03-15 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2004-03-15
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the search_for_command function of ltrace 0.3.10, if it is installed setuid, could allow local users to execute arbitrary code via a long filename. NOTE: It is unclear whether there are any packages that install ltrace as a setuid program, so this candidate might be REJECTed.

Affected configurations

• juan cespedes ltrace 0.3.10

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011600.html lists.grok.org.uk
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011610.html lists.grok.org.uk
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007896 securitytracker.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8790 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13389 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011600.html lists.grok.org.uk
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/011610.html lists.grok.org.uk
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007896 securitytracker.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8790 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13389 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com