USN-7781-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2019-0053)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2025-09-28 23:31 – Updated: 2026-06-25 10:46 – Source website
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Summary
inetutils vulnerabilities
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Matthew Hickey discovered that Inetutils did not correctly handle certain escape characters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-0053)

It was discovered that Inetutils did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-10188)

It was discovered that Inetutils did not correctly handle certain memory operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-39028)

It was discovered that Inetutils did not check the return values of set*id functions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate their privileges. (CVE-2023-40303)

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  "details": "Matthew Hickey discovered that Inetutils did not correctly handle certain\nescape characters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a\ndenial of service. (CVE-2019-0053)\n\nIt was discovered that Inetutils did not correctly handle certain memory\noperations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary\ncode. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-10188)\n\nIt was discovered that Inetutils did not correctly handle certain memory\noperations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice. (CVE-2022-39028)\n\nIt was discovered that Inetutils did not check the return values of set*id\nfunctions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate their\nprivileges. (CVE-2023-40303)",
  "id": "USN-7781-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:46:58Z",
  "published": "2025-09-28T23:31:44Z",
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  "summary": "inetutils vulnerabilities",
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39028",
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}



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