USN-6304-1

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    USN-6304-1

    Published: 22 Aug 2023Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: inetutils vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that telnetd in GNU Inetutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (CVE-2022-39028) It was discovered that Inetutils incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information, or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-40303)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6304-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-39028, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-40303

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: inetutils

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/inetutils@2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2

    Affected versions

    2:1.9.4-10build1
    2:1.9.4-11
    2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.1

    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
    USN-6304-1 | CVE-DB