SUSE-SU-2018:2894-1

Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182894-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:2894-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2018:2894-1
Related
Published
2018-09-27T10:04:29Z
Modified
2018-09-27T10:04:29Z
Summary
Security update for mgetty
Details

This update for mgetty fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2018-16741: The function do_activate() did not properly sanitize shell metacharacters to prevent command injection (bsc#1108752).
  • CVE-2018-16745: The mail_to parameter was not sanitized, leading to a buffer overflow if long untrusted input reached it (bsc#1108756).
  • CVE-2018-16744: The mail_to parameter was not sanitized, leading to command injection if untrusted input reached reach it (bsc#1108757).
  • CVE-2018-16742: Prevent stack-based buffer overflow that could have been triggered via a command-line parameter (bsc#1108762).
  • CVE-2018-16743: The command-line parameter username wsa passed unsanitized to strcpy(), which could have caused a stack-based buffer overflow (bsc#1108761).
References

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 / mgetty

Package

Name
mgetty
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/mgetty&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.37-3.3.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "mgetty": "1.1.37-3.3.2",
            "g3utils": "1.1.37-3.3.2"
        }
    ]
}