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    CVE-2018-16743

    An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In contrib/next-login/login.c, the command-line parameter username is passed unsanitized to strcpy(), which can cause a stack-based buffer overflow.

    Published:Sep 13, 2018
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Sep 13, 2018
    EPSS Score:0.00063
    CVSS Score:7.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mgetty Project
    Product
    Mgetty

    Exploits

    https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgettyhttps://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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