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.

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 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.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
123318	openSUSE Security Update : mgetty (openSUSE-2019-737)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/27/2019	6/10/2024	high
118110	openSUSE Security Update : mgetty (openSUSE-2018-1144)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	10/15/2018	7/31/2024	high
120111	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : mgetty (SUSE-SU-2018:2894-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/2/2019	7/10/2024	high
117799	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : mgetty (SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/27/2018	8/1/2024	high
117855	openSUSE Security Update : mgetty (openSUSE-2018-1080)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	10/1/2018	8/1/2024	high
117903	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : mgetty (SUSE-SU-2018:2979-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	10/3/2018	8/1/2024	high

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