ubuntu-cve-2023-40303
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2023-08-14 05:15
Modified
2025-09-30 04:54
Summary
Details
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
N/A (UNKNOWN)
References
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"aliases": [],
"details": "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.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40303",
"modified": "2025-09-30T04:54:57Z",
"published": "2023-08-14T05:15:00Z",
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-40303"
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7781-1"
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"related": [
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"USN-7781-1"
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"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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{
"score": "medium",
"type": "Ubuntu"
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"upstream": [
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]
}
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