CVE-2018-16741

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    CVE-2018-16741

    Published: 13 Sept 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00012.html, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4291, https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty

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