CVE-2018-16741

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16741
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16741.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16741
Related
Published
2018-09-13T16:29:00Z
Modified
2024-11-12T05:00:03Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax/faxq-helper.c, the function do_activate() does not properly sanitize shell metacharacters to prevent command injection. It is possible to use the ||, &&, or > characters within a file created by the "faxq-helper activate <jobid>" command.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / mgetty

Package

Name
mgetty
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mgetty?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / mgetty

Package

Name
mgetty
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mgetty?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / mgetty

Package

Name
mgetty
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/mgetty?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}