CVE-2018-16741
mgetty - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.3%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-16741
To remediate CVE-2018-16741, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.2.1-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.1.36-3+deb9u1 or later
Is CVE-2018-16741 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.2.1-1
- from 0, < 1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1
- from 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 |