high7.8
CVE-2018-16741
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1.
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Mgetty Project | Mgetty | before 1.2.1 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00012.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4291
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00012.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4291
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty