CVE-2023-40303
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2023-40303 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2023-08-14 05:15:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2024-01-02 01:15:00 UTC |
| Description | GNU inetutils through 2.4 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. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: CWE-252
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [oss-security] 20231230 Re: inetutils ftpd, rcp, rlogin, rsh, rshd, uucpd: Avoid potential privilege escalations by checking set*id() return values | www.openwall.com | ||
| [SECURITY] [DLA 3611-1] inetutils security update | MLIST | lists.debian.org | |
| Index of /gnu/inetutils | MISC | ftp.gnu.org | |
| inetutils.git - GNU Inetutils | MISC | git.savannah.gnu.org | |
| setuid/setgid return values not checked in rlogin, rsh, rshd and uucpd | MISC | lists.gnu.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.