UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16744

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16744
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16744.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16744
Upstream
Published
2018-09-13T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:47:12Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
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

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / mgetty

Package

Name
mgetty
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mgetty@1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.36-2.1
1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mgetty",
            "binary_version": "1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mgetty-docs",
            "binary_version": "1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mgetty-fax",
            "binary_version": "1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mgetty-pvftools",
            "binary_version": "1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mgetty-viewfax",
            "binary_version": "1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mgetty-voice",
            "binary_version": "1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / mgetty

Package

Name
mgetty
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/mgetty@1.1.36-3.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.1.36-3.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mgetty",
            "binary_version": "1.1.36-3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mgetty-docs",
            "binary_version": "1.1.36-3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mgetty-fax",
            "binary_version": "1.1.36-3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mgetty-pvftools",
            "binary_version": "1.1.36-3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mgetty-viewfax",
            "binary_version": "1.1.36-3.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mgetty-voice",
            "binary_version": "1.1.36-3.1"
        }
    ]
}