SB2023082317 - Privilege escalation in GNU inetutils

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SB2023082317 - Privilege escalation in GNU inetutils

Published: August 23, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023082317
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Local access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Unchecked return value (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-40303)

CWE-ID: CWE-252 - Unchecked Return Value

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to usage of an unchecked return values of set*id() family functions in ftpd, rcp, rlogin, rsh, rshd, and uucpd while the setuid system call fails when a process is trying to drop privileges before letting an ordinary user control the activities of the process. A local user can abuse this situation and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References