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CVE-2018-16741
Published: Sep 13, 2018
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
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References
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty
x_refsource_MISC
DSA-4291
vendor-advisory
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[debian-lts-announce] 20180912 [SECURITY] [DLA 1502-1] mgetty security update
mailing-list
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