Description
The spray mode in traceroute-nanog (aka traceroute-ng) may allow local users to overwrite arbitrary memory locations via an array index overflow using the nprobes (number of probes) argument.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 3.0 | traceroute-nanog | 6.1.1-1.2 | DSA-254 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-254 traceroute-nanog - buffer overflow Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- 20021128 TracerouteNG - never ending story mailing-list