CVE-2023-40303 | BDVDB-2026-209679 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=e4e65c03f4c11292a3e40ef72ca3f194c8bffdd6
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2023-07/msg00000.html
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/inetutils/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/10/msg00013.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/12/30/4
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.