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CVE-2018-16741

Published: 13 September 2018

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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
mgetty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
groovy Not vulnerable
(1.2.1-1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(1.2.1-1)
impish Not vulnerable
(1.2.1-1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(1.2.1-1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(1.2.1-1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(1.2.1-1)
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Not vulnerable
(1.2.1-1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(1.2.1-1)
focal Not vulnerable
(1.2.1-1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1, 1.1.36-3+deb9u1)
xenial
Released (1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(1.2.1-1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H