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
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 |