Debian DSA-4291-1 : mgetty - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 117436

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

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.

Solution

Upgrade the mgetty packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.36-3+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117436

File Name: debian_DSA-4291.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/12/2018

Updated: 8/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16741

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mgetty

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16741

DSA: 4291

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