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.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - mgetty: command injection in faxrunq (CVE-2018-16741)

  - mgetty: Stack-based buffer overflow in fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c (CVE-2018-16745)

  - An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is     not sanitized. It could allow for command injection if untrusted input can reach it, because popen is     used. (CVE-2018-16744)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - mgetty: command injection in faxrunq (CVE-2018-16741)

  - mgetty: Stack-based buffer overflow in fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c (CVE-2018-16745)

  - An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is     not sanitized. It could allow for command injection if untrusted input can reach it, because popen is     used. (CVE-2018-16744)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - mgetty: command injection in faxrunq (CVE-2018-16741)

  - mgetty: Stack-based buffer overflow in fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c (CVE-2018-16745)

  - An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is     not sanitized. It could allow for command injection if untrusted input can reach it, because popen is     used. (CVE-2018-16744)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

According to the versions of the mgetty package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - 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 ' command.(CVE-2018-16741)

  - An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In     fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is     not sanitized. It could allow for command injection if     untrusted input can reach it, because popen is     used.(CVE-2018-16744)

  - An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In     fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is     not sanitized. It could allow a buffer overflow if long     untrusted input can reach it.(CVE-2018-16745)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Security fix for CVE-2018-16741,CVE-2018-16744,CVE-2018-16745

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for mgetty fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2018-16741: Fixed a command injection in     fax/faxq-helper.c (boo#1108752)

  - CVE-2018-16742: Stack-based buffer overflow in     contrib/scrts.c triggered via command line parameter     (boo#1108762)

  - CVE-2018-16743: Stack-based buffer overflow with long     username in contrib/next-login/login.c (boo#1108761)

  - CVE-2018-16744: Command injection in faxrec.c     (boo#1108757)

  - CVE-2018-16745: Stack-based buffer overflow in     fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c (boo#1108756)

  - sets maximum length of a string to prevent buffer     overflow and thus possible command injection

  - The obsolete contrib/scrts.c tool was deleted, which     contained a buffer overflow.

This update for mgetty fixes the following security 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)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Two input sanitization failures have been found in the faxrunq and faxq binaries in mgetty, a smart modem getty replacement. An attacker could leverage them to insert commands via shell metacharacters in jobs id and have them executed with the privilege of the faxrunq/faxq user.

Two input sanitization failures have been found in the faxrunq and faxq binaries in mgetty. An attacker could leverage them to insert commands via shell metacharacters in jobs id and have them executed with the privilege of the faxrunq/faxq user.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mgetty packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
198856	RHEL 6 : mgetty (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
198765	RHEL 5 : mgetty (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
198764	RHEL 7 : mgetty (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
196070	RHEL 5 : mgetty (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
196045	RHEL 6 : mgetty (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
196012	RHEL 7 : mgetty (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
142304	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : mgetty (EulerOS-SA-2020-2368)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
142066	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : mgetty (EulerOS-SA-2020-2257)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
140907	EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : mgetty (EulerOS-SA-2020-2140)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
123318	openSUSE Security Update : mgetty (openSUSE-2019-737)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
122458	Fedora 29 : mgetty (2019-da586db907)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
122456	Fedora 28 : mgetty (2019-3d38ab031e)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
120111	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : mgetty (SUSE-SU-2018:2894-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
118110	openSUSE Security Update : mgetty (openSUSE-2018-1144)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
117903	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : mgetty (SUSE-SU-2018:2979-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
117855	openSUSE Security Update : mgetty (openSUSE-2018-1080)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
117799	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : mgetty (SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
117436	Debian DSA-4291-1 : mgetty - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
117434	Debian DLA-1502-1 : mgetty security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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