MGASA-2018-0456

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    MGASA-2018-0456

    Published: 17 Nov 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-17141

    Summary: Updated hylafax+ packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Luis Merino, Markus Vervier and Eric Sesterhenn discovered that missing input sanitising in the Hylafax fax software could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code via a malformed fax message (CVE-2018-17141).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0456.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23661, https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4298

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: hylafax+

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/hylafax+?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -+-5.6.1-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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