UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16744

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16744

    Published: 13 Sept 2018Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is not sanitized. It could allow for command injection if untrusted input can reach it, because popen is used.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mgetty

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+deb8u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.1.36-2.1
    1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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