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GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2018-402

GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2018-402
Advisory Published
Vulnetix · Advisory published October 19, 2018
Updated mgetty packages fix security vulnerabilities: The function do_activate() did not properly sanitize shell metacharacters to prevent command injection (CVE-2018-16741). Stack-based buffer overflow that could have been triggered via a command-line parameter (CVE-2018-16742). The command-line parameter username wsa passed unsanitized to strcpy(), which could have caused a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2018-16743). The mail_to parameter was not sanitized, leading to command injection if untrusted input reached reach it (CVE-2018-16744). The mail_to parameter was not sanitized, leading to a buffer overflow if long untrusted input reached it (CVE-2018-16745).

Affected Products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Mageiamgetty0 (affected), 1.1.37-1.1.mga6 (unaffected)

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