Out-of-Bounds Affecting mtr package, versions <0.73-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
23.37% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-MTR-5689577
  • published21 May 2008
  • disclosed21 May 2008

Introduced: 21 May 2008

CVE-2008-2357  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 mtr to version 0.73-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mtr package and not the mtr package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the split_redraw function in split.c in mtr before 0.73, when invoked with the -p (aka --split) option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS PTR record. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the ns_name_ntop function in resolv/ns_name.c in glibc and the proper fix should be in glibc; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in mtr.

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