USN-5177-1

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    USN-5177-1

    Published: 8 Aug 2022Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: inetutils vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Inetutils did not properly check the response of ftp requests. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a crash or run programs in the user machine.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5177-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-40491

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: inetutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/inetutils?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:1.9.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    2:1.9.1.306-0a482-1
    2:1.9.1.363-bbc1-1
    2:1.9.2-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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