SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1)
🗓️ 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 120 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mgetty 1.2.0 Buffer Overflow / Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities | 21 Sep 201800:00 | – | zdt | |
| The vulnerability of the `fax_notify_mail` function in the `mgetty` package on Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems allows a hacker to cause a service failure. | 25 Sep 201800:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| The vulnerability of the do_activate() function in the mgetty package allows a hacker to execute arbitrary commands. | 7 Feb 202200:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Mgetty Command Injection Vulnerability | 14 Sep 201800:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Mgetty Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-03437) | 14 Sep 201800:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Mgetty Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-03438) | 14 Sep 201800:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Mgetty Command Injection Vulnerability (CNVD-2019-03439) | 14 Sep 201800:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Mgetty Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | 14 Sep 201800:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2018-16741 | 13 Sep 201816:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2018-16742 | 13 Sep 201816:00 | – | cve |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2018.2850.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-16741", "CVE-2018-16742", "CVE-2018-16743", "CVE-2018-16744", "CVE-2018-16745");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-06-09 14:57:37 +0000 (Wed, 09 Jun 2021)");
script_version("2025-08-15T15:42:25+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 15:42:25 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-11-01 17:08:56 +0000 (Thu, 01 Nov 2018)");
script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse_sles", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(SLES11\.0SP4)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182850-1.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108752");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108756");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108757");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108761");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108762");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2018-September/004595.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'mgetty' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for mgetty fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2018-16741: The function do_activate() did not properly sanitize shell
metacharacters to prevent command injection (bsc#1108752)
- CVE-2018-16745: The mail_to parameter was not sanitized, leading to a buffer
overflow if long untrusted input reached it (bsc#1108756)
- CVE-2018-16744: The mail_to parameter was not sanitized, leading to command
injection if untrusted input reached reach it (bsc#1108757)
- CVE-2018-16742: Prevent stack-based buffer overflow that could have been
triggered via a command-line parameter (bsc#1108762)
- CVE-2018-16743: The command-line parameter username wsa passed unsanitized to
strcpy(), which could have caused a stack-based buffer overflow (bsc#1108761)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'mgetty' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11-SP4.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "SLES11.0SP4") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"g3utils", rpm:"g3utils~1.1.36~28.3.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"mgetty", rpm:"mgetty~1.1.36~28.3.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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