Bug 18466 - traceroute: local root exploit now exists
Summary: traceroute: local root exploit now exists
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 13466
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: traceroute
Version: 6.2
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Crutcher Dunnavant
QA Contact: Aaron Brown
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-10-05 20:46 UTC by Chris Evans
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:29 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-10-06 14:10:31 UTC
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Description Chris Evans 2000-10-05 20:46:06 UTC 
Hmm - we fixed a dodgy traceroute flaw for RH7.0. So RH7.0 is safe.
However it now turns out that this dodgy flaw is in fact exploitable.
Bugtraq reference:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/137778
To be honest, a rebuild of the RH7.0 SRPM is a quick and easy fix :-)
For original RH7.0 bug see bug #13466
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2000-10-08 09:00:37 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 13466 ***
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