CVE-2023-40303
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.05%
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.
How to fix CVE-2023-40303
To remediate CVE-2023-40303, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2:2.0-1+deb11u2 or later
Is CVE-2023-40303 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2:2.0-1+deb11u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |