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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-40303): Inetutils vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2023-40303): Inetutils vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/14/2023
Created
08/23/2023
Added
08/23/2023
Modified
01/03/2024

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(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-inetutils-telnetd
  • ubuntu-upgrade-inetutils-tools

References

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