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CVE-2018-16744

Published: 13 September 2018

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax_notify_mail() 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.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
mgetty
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Needs triage

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)
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)
mantic Not vulnerable
(1.2.1-1)
noble Not vulnerable
(1.2.1-1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needs-triage)
upstream Needs triage

xenial Needs triage

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