CVE-2023-46316

Publication date 25 October 2023

Last updated 11 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

In buc Traceroute 2.0.12 through 2.1.2 before 2.1.3, the wrapper scripts do not properly parse command lines.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
traceroute	25.10 questing	Needs evaluation
	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	23.04 lunar	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 1:2.1.0-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 1:2.1.0-2ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1:2.1.0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:2.0.21-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1:2.0.20-0ubuntu0.1+esm1

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6478-1
Traceroute vulnerability
14 November 2023