MGASA-2018-0402: mgetty Mageia
Vulnerability summary
MGASA-2018-0402 is a vulnerability in mgetty Mageia with no CVSS score yet.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 5 · Downstream 0Timeline
- 19-10-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 16-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Updated mgetty packages fix security vulnerabilities Updated mgetty packages fix security vulnerabilities: The function do_activate() did not properly sanitize shell metacharacters to prevent command injection (CVE-2018-16741). Stack-based buffer overflow that could have been triggered via a command-line parameter (CVE-2018-16742). The command-line parameter username wsa passed unsanitized to strcpy(), which could have caused a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2018-16743). The mail_to parameter was not sanitized, leading to command injection if untrusted input reached reach it (CVE-2018-16744). The mail_to parameter was not sanitized, leading to a buffer overflow if long untrusted input reached it (CVE-2018-16745).
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Known exploited
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Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Mageia1 product
- mgetty< 1.1.37-1.1.mga6
1 vendor · 1 product