CVE-2023-40303

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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 18%
VendorProductVersion
gnuinetutils
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≤ 2.4
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
inetutils
bullseye
2:2.0-1+deb11u2
fixed
bookworm
2:2.4-2+deb12u1
fixed
trixie
2:2.5-5
fixed
sid
2:2.5-5
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
inetutils
oracular
Fixed 2:2.4-3ubuntu1
released
noble
Fixed 2:2.4-3ubuntu1
released
mantic
Fixed 2:2.4-2ubuntu2
released
lunar
Fixed 2:2.4-2ubuntu1.1
released
jammy
Fixed 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1
released
focal
Fixed 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2
released
bionic
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
trusty
ignored