SUSE-SU-2018:2979-1

Source
https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182979-1/
Import Source
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/osv/SUSE-SU-2018:2979-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/SUSE-SU-2018:2979-1
Related
Published
2018-10-02T15:51:02Z
Modified
2018-10-02T15:51:02Z
Summary
Security update for mgetty
Details

This update for mgetty fixes the following security 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

Affected packages

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 / mgetty

Package

Name
mgetty
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/mgetty&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.36-58.3.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "mgetty": "1.1.36-58.3.1",
            "g3utils": "1.1.36-58.3.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 / mgetty

Package

Name
mgetty
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/mgetty&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.36-58.3.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "mgetty": "1.1.36-58.3.1",
            "g3utils": "1.1.36-58.3.1"
        }
    ]
}

SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 / mgetty

Package

Name
mgetty
Purl
pkg:rpm/suse/mgetty&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.1.36-58.3.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "mgetty": "1.1.36-58.3.1",
            "g3utils": "1.1.36-58.3.1"
        }
    ]
}