CVE-2018-16741 | BDVDB-2026-106918 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4291
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00012.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-09-13Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-05Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.