{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40303 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2023-40303 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-40303 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-40303 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 14 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-40303 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40303/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40303/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-40303","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40303/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-40303","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2023-40303","GHSA-w2mw-45j6-m2cq","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40303"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"GNU inetutils","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Attackers can escalate privileges due to unchecked return values in set*id functions within GNU inetutils network daemons.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"inetutils","vendor":"gnu"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-252","name":"Unchecked Return Value"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2023-40303","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":6,"next":{"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2023-40305"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Misconfiguration in n/a","id":"CVE-2023-40302"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2023-08-14","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in inetutils","id":"CVE-2026-32746","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-13"},{"cvss_score":7.4,"headline":"Privilege escalation in inetutils","id":"CVE-2026-28372","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-02-27"},{"cvss_score":3.4,"headline":"Information disclosure in inetutils","id":"CVE-2026-32772","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-03-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-02","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Attackers can escalate privileges due to unchecked return values in set*id functions within GNU inetutils network daemons.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-40303/"}