Unrated
GNU inetutils before 2.5 may allow privilege escalation because of unchecked return values of set*id() family functions in ftpd, rcp, rlogin, rsh, rsh...
CVE-2023-40303
First seen on SecPulse
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40303 inetutils Fixed in: 2:2.0-1+deb11u2
Original description The description as published by the source.
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.
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- web ftp.gnu.org
- web git.savannah.gnu.org
- web lists.gnu.org
- web openwall.com
- web lists.debian.org