CVE-2018-16741: 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…

PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.0

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

1.32%

67.3th percentile

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 " command.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	mgetty	< mgetty 1.2.1-1 (bookworm)	mgetty 1.2.1-1 (bookworm)
mgetty_project	mgetty	< 1.2.1	1.2.1
mgetty_project	mgetty	>= 0 < 1.2.1-1	1.2.1-1
mgetty_project	mgetty	>= 0 < 1.2.1-1	1.2.1-1
mgetty_project	mgetty	>= 0 < 1.2.1-1	1.2.1-1
mgetty_project	mgetty	>= 0 < 1.2.1-1	1.2.1-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.2HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.8HIGH

vendor_redhat7.8HIGH

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