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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2023-46316 json

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

published 2023-10-24 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-50537

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • buc traceroute 2.1.3
  • traceroute Debian 14, Debian 13 1:2.1.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-46316

  • traceroute Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1:2.0.20-0ubuntu0.1+esm1
  • traceroute Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1:2.0.21-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • traceroute Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1:2.1.0-2ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
  • traceroute Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 1:2.1.0-2ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
  • traceroute Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS 1:2.1.0-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-46316

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • traceroute RHEL 8 3:2.1.0-8.el8
  • traceroute RHEL 9 3:2.1.0-18.el9
  • traceroute RHEL 8.8 EUS 3:2.1.0-8.el8_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:0823RHSA-2024:3211RHSA-2024:2483

  • traceroute SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, SLE Micro 5.5 +6 more 2.0.21-150000.3.3.1
  • traceroute SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 2.0.19-3.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:2468-1SUSE-SU-2023:4656-1SUSE-SU-2023:4623-1

  • traceroute openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.1.3-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:13418-1

  • traceroute AlmaLinux 8 3:2.1.0-8.el8
  • traceroute AlmaLinux 9 3:2.1.0-18.el9

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:3211ALSA-2024:2483

  • traceroute Rocky Linux 9 3:2.1.0-18.el9
  • traceroute Rocky Linux 8 3:2.1.0-8.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:2483RLSA-2024:3211

  • traceroute Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +4 more 2.1.3-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-46316

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • traceroute CBL-Mariner 2.0 2.1.3-1

azure linux advisories AZL-31746

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-46316 updated cvss 5.5

traceroute: improper command line parsing

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 traceroute Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 traceroute
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) traceroute 2.1.0-8.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3211
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) traceroute 2.1.0-18.el9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2483
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.8) traceroute 2.1.0-8.el8_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:0823

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • buc traceroute

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-234 Failure to Handle Missing Parameter

References

Sources

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