ELA-1103-1 inetutils security update

multiple vulnerabilities

2024-05-31
Packageinetutils
Version2:1.9.4-2+deb9u3 (stretch)
Related CVEs CVE-2019-0053 CVE-2023-40303


Two vulnerabilities were fixed in inetutils, the GNU network utilities.

CVE-2019-0053

Insufficient validation of environment variables in telnet

CVE-2023-40303

Possible privilege escalation in ftpd, rcp, rlogin, rsh, rshd, and uucpd when a set*id() family function like setuid() fails


For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2:1.9.4-2+deb9u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your inetutils packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.