DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16744

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16744
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16744.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16744
Upstream
Published
2018-09-13T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:29Z
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 faxnotifymail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is not sanitized. It could allow for command injection if untrusted input can reach it, because popen is used.

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"
}

Debian:14 / 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"
}