Description
GNU inetutils before 2.5 may allow privilege escalation because of unchecked return values of set*id() family functions in ftpd, rcp, rlogin, rsh, rshd, and uucpd. This is, for example, relevant if the setuid system call fails when a process is trying to drop privileges before letting an ordinary user control the activities of the process.
Published: 2023-08-14
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3611-1 inetutils security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6304-1 Inetutils vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7781-1 Inetutils vulnerabilities
History

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:31:53.432Z

Reserved: 2023-08-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-40303

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Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-14T05:15:10.233

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:19:11.747

Link: CVE-2023-40303

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Weaknesses