CVE-2018-16744

NameCVE-2018-16744
DescriptionAn 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mgetty (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1vulnerable
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch1.1.36-3+deb9u1vulnerable
buster1.2.1-1fixed
bullseye1.2.1-1.1fixed
sid, trixie, bookworm1.2.1-1.2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
mgettysourcewheezy(unfixed)end-of-life
mgettysource(unstable)1.2.1-1

Notes

[stretch] - mgetty <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - mgetty <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty/
Upstream commit: 750939dfcaea9aa93dcea99526c49da7cafafe7f (1.2.1)

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