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GET /api/packages/517981?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/517981?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/mtr@0.71-2", "type": "deb", "namespace": "debian", "name": "mtr", "version": "0.71-2", "qualifiers": {}, "subpath": "", "is_vulnerable": true, "next_non_vulnerable_version": "0.73-1", "latest_non_vulnerable_version": "0.96-1~bpo13+1", "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/93626?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-vjd6-haux-3ub1", "summary": "Stack-based buffer overflow in the split_redraw function in split.c in mtr before 0.73, when invoked with the -p (aka --split) option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS PTR record. NOTE: it could be argued that this is a vulnerability in the ns_name_ntop function in resolv/ns_name.c in glibc and the proper fix should be in glibc; if so, then this should not be treated as a vulnerability in mtr.", "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-2357.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-2357.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2357", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.07562", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.91977", "published_at": "2026-06-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.07562", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.91989", "published_at": "2026-06-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.07562", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.91991", "published_at": "2026-06-06T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.07562", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.91988", "published_at": "2026-06-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.07562", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.92002", "published_at": "2026-06-09T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2357" }, { "reference_url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2357", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2357" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447884", "reference_id": "447884", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=447884" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200806-01", "reference_id": "GLSA-200806-01", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200806-01" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/517983?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/mtr@0.73-1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/mtr@0.73-1" } ], "aliases": [ "CVE-2008-2357" ], "risk_score": 0.1, "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "0.1", "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-vjd6-haux-3ub1" } ], "fixing_vulnerabilities": [], "risk_score": "0.1", "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/mtr@0.71-2" }