CVE-2000-0949
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.2
HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
1.2%
66.3th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
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Published 2000-12-19 · modified 2026-09-23
Description
Heap overflow in savestr function in LBNL traceroute 1.4a5 and earlier allows a local user to execute arbitrary commands via the -g option.
Affected
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0344.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0357.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-034.0.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001013
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-053.php3?dis=7.1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-078.html
- exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1739
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-October/000025.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5311
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0344.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0357.html
- http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2000-034.0.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20001013
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-053.php3?dis=7.1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-078.html
- exploit http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1739
- http://www.turbolinux.com/pipermail/tl-security-announce/2000-October/000025.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5311