CVE-2023-40303
Published: 14 August 2023
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.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
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inetutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
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| focal |
Released
(2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2)
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| jammy |
Released
(2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1)
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| lunar |
Released
(2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1)
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| mantic |
Released
(2:2.4-2ubuntu2)
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| noble |
Released
(2:2.4-3ubuntu1)
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| trusty |
Needs triage
|
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| upstream |
Needs triage
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| xenial |
Needs triage
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Patches: upstream: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=e4e65c03f4c11292a3e40ef72ca3f194c8bffdd6 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.8 |
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | Low |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |