CVE-2023-40303

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40303
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-40303.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-40303
Downstream
Published
2023-08-14T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-08-27T11:50:47Z
Summary
[none]
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.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "mitre",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40303.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
e4e65c03f4c11292a3e40ef72ca3f194c8bffdd6
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "source": "REFERENCES"
}
Type
GIT
Repo
https://https.git.savannah.gnu.org/git/inetutils.git/
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
5b3029960c68dd563c5d65abef926d7e56da18ab
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2.5"
        }
    ],
    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
}

Affected versions

Other
inetutils-1_1
inetutils-1_2
inetutils-1_2i
inetutils-1_2j
inetutils-1_2k
inetutils-1_2l
inetutils-1_2m
inetutils-1_2n
inetutils-1_2o
inetutils-1_3
inetutils-1_3_1
inetutils-1_3_1a
inetutils-1_3_1b
inetutils-1_3a
inetutils-1_3b
inetutils-1_4
inetutils-1_5
inetutils-1_6
inetutils-1_7
inetutils-1_8
inetutils-1_9
inetutils-1_9_1
inetutils-1_9_1_100
inetutils-1_9_2
inetutils-1_9_3
inetutils-1_9_4
make-3-75-91
make-3-75-92
make-3-75-93
make-3-76
make-3-76-1
v1.*
v1.9.4.90
v1.9.4.91
v2.*
v2.0
v2.1
v2.2
v2.3
v2.4

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-40303.json"