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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 14, 2023· Updated Aug 2, 2024

CVE-2023-40303

CVE-2023-40303

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.

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Affected products

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  • GNU/Inetutilscpe-rescue2 versions
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    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: <2.5

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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