Vulnerability Details 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 process is trying to drop privileges before letting an ordinary user control the activities of the process.
                
                    Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
                    
                        
                            EPSS Score 0.0
                        
                    
                    
                        
                            EPSS Ranking 12.8%
                        
                    
                 
                
                    CVSS Severity
                    
                        
                            CVSS v3 Score 7.8
                        
                    
                    
                 
                
                
                
                    
                
                
                    
                        Products affected by CVE-2023-40303
                        
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:-
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.3.2
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.3a
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.3b
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.4.0
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.4.1
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.4.2
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.5
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.6
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.7
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.8
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.9
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.9.1
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.9.2
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.9.3
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.9.4
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:2.2
                                        
                                     
                                 
                            
                                
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                                            cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:2.3