CVE-2018-16741
HIGH7.8EPSS 0.65%mgetty - security update
Published: 9/13/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/mgettyfrom 0, < 1.2.1-1
- Debian/mgettyfrom 0, < 1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1
- Debian/mgettyfrom 0, < 1.1.36-3+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |