CVE-2018-16741

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-78

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4291Third Party Advisory
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgettyExploit, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00012.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4291Third Party Advisory
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgettyExploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 13, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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