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.
Published: 2018-09-13
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1502-1 mgetty security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4291-1 mgetty security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-8541 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.
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Debian Debian Linux
Mgetty Project Mgetty
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T10:32:53.779Z

Reserved: 2018-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-16741

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-09-13T16:29:00.280

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:53:16.420

Link: CVE-2018-16741

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-16741 - Bugzilla

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