CVE-2023-40303

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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.

7.8 /10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/30/4
https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/ Product
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=e4e65c03f4c11292a3e40ef72ca3f194c8bffdd6 Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00013.html
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2023-07/msg00000.html Exploit Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

02 Jan 2024, 01:15

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Summary 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. 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.

31 Dec 2023, 00:15

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References
  • () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/30/4 -
  • (MLIST) https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00013.html -

21 Aug 2023, 14:24

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CWE CWE-252
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown 		v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8
References (MISC) https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2023-07/msg00000.html - (MISC) https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2023-07/msg00000.html - Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
References (MISC) https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=e4e65c03f4c11292a3e40ef72ca3f194c8bffdd6 - (MISC) https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=e4e65c03f4c11292a3e40ef72ca3f194c8bffdd6 - Patch
References (MISC) https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/ - (MISC) https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/ - Product

14 Aug 2023, 05:15

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New CVE
Information

Published : 2023-08-14 05:15

Updated : 2024-02-05 00:01

NVD link : CVE-2023-40303

Mitre link : CVE-2023-40303

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-40303

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Products Affected

gnu

  • inetutils
CWE
CWE-252

Unchecked Return Value