What is CVE-2023-40303?

CVE-2023-40303 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Inetutils, classified under CWE-252. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-08-14.

How severe is CVE-2023-40303?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gnu Inetutils

CVE-2023-40303

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 proce…

EPSS: 0.004 (31.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Gnu Inetutils
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-252

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Product)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-40303?: CVE-2023-40303 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnu Inetutils, classified under CWE-252. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-08-14.
How severe is CVE-2023-40303?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.