SUSE-SU-2018:2894-1

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SUSE-SU-2018:2894-1

Summary: Security update for mgetty

Details: 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).

References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182894-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108752, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108756, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108757, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108761, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108762, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16741, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16742, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16743, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16744, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16745