{"id":"USN-7781-1","summary":"inetutils vulnerabilities","details":"Matthew Hickey discovered that Inetutils did not correctly handle certain\nescape characters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a\ndenial of service. (CVE-2019-0053)\n\nIt was discovered that Inetutils did not correctly handle certain memory\noperations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary\ncode. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-10188)\n\nIt was discovered that Inetutils did not correctly handle certain memory\noperations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of\nservice. (CVE-2022-39028)\n\nIt was discovered that Inetutils did not check the return values of set*id\nfunctions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to escalate their\nprivileges. (CVE-2023-40303)","modified":"2026-04-27T18:33:17.476637069Z","published":"2025-09-28T23:31:44Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2019-0053","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10188","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39028","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40303"],"upstream":["CVE-2019-0053","CVE-2020-10188","CVE-2022-39028","CVE-2023-40303","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-0053","UBUNTU-CVE-2020-10188","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-39028","UBUNTU-CVE-2023-40303"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7781-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-0053"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10188"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-39028"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-40303"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"inetutils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/inetutils@2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"}]}],"versions":["2:1.9.1.306-0a482-1","2:1.9.1.363-bbc1-1","2:1.9.2-1","2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"inetutils-ftp","binary_version":"2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"inetutils-ftpd","binary_version":"2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"inetutils-inetd","binary_version":"2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"inetutils-ping","binary_version":"2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"inetutils-syslogd","binary_version":"2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"inetutils-talk","binary_version":"2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"inetutils-talkd","binary_version":"2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"inetutils-telnet","binary_version":"2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"inetutils-telnetd","binary_version":"2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"inetutils-tools","binary_version":"2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"},{"binary_name":"inetutils-traceroute","binary_version":"2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"}],"availability":"Available 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