| Name | CVE-2018-16741 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1502-1, DSA-4291-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 910448 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| mgetty (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.1.36-3+deb9u1 | fixed | |
| buster | 1.2.1-1 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 1.2.1-1.1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1.2.1-1.2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1.2.1-1.4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mgetty | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| mgetty | source | jessie | 1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1 | DLA-1502-1 | ||
| mgetty | source | stretch | 1.1.36-3+deb9u1 | DSA-4291-1 | ||
| mgetty | source | (unstable) | 1.2.1-1 | 910448 |
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty/
Upstream commit: 1a7b3a30f79bae4cfbc6404fe4648689cd0ade62 (1.2.1)