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CVE-2023-46316

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-46316 affects buc Traceroute versions 2.0.12 through 2.1.2, where wrapper scripts fail to properly parse command lines. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, with only one mention and one media article.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.0.12, < 2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:buc:traceroute:*:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
29.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 15,937 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

denopatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
keraspatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 traceroute 2.1.3-1 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 2.1.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 x64Fixed in: 2.1.3-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: CBL Mariner 2.0 ARMFixed in: 2.1.3-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: traceroute-3:2.1.0-8.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: traceroute-3:2.1.0-18.el9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update SupportFixed in: traceroute-3:2.1.0-8.el8_8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (5)

denollm-deno-650ac71876afb4f8CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP 2 Security Updates

Apr 12, 2024
kerasllm-keras-d13bbd8768a57997CRITICAL

HP ThinPro 8.1 SP 2 Security Updates

Apr 12, 2024
microsoft2023-Nov/CVE-2023-46316

CVE-2023-46316

Nov 14, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-46316Moderate

traceroute: improper command line parsing

Oct 25, 2023
microsoft2023-Oct/CVE-2023-46316Moderate

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

Oct 10, 2023

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/176660/Traceroute-2.1.2-Privilege-Escalation.html
security-tracker.debian.org / tracker/CVE-2023-46316
Third Party Advisory
sourceforge.net / projects/traceroute/files/traceroute/traceroute-2.1.3
Release Notes