vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2023-40303: inetutils -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 14, 2023 | Oct 10, 2023 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 14, 2023
Added
Oct 10, 2023
Modified
Mar 30, 2026
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.
Solution
debian-upgrade-inetutils
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