CVE-2019-1010189
Publication date 24 July 2019
Last updated 26 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Description
mgetty prior to version 1.2.1 is affected by: Infinite Loop. The impact is: DoS, the program does never terminates. The component is: g3/g32pbm.c. The attack vector is: Local, the user should open a specially crafted file. The fixed version is: 1.2.1.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| mgetty | 25.10 questing |
Fixed 1.2.1-1
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Fixed 1.2.1-1
|
|
| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Fixed 1.2.1-1
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 1.2.1-1
|
|
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
|
|
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
5.5 · Medium
|
| Attack vector | Local |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | Required |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |