CVE-2018-16742: An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In contrib/scrts.c, a stack-based buffer overflow can be triggered via a command-line parameter.

PriorityP336high7.8CVSS 3.0

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.45%

35.7th percentile

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In contrib/scrts.c, a stack-based buffer overflow can be triggered via a command-line parameter.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
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

nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.8LOW

vendor_redhat7.8HIGH

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