| Name | CVE-2018-16745 |
| Description | 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 a buffer overflow if long untrusted input can reach it. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mgetty (PTS) | bullseye | 1.2.1-1.1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.2.1-1.2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.2.1-1.4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mgetty | source | (unstable) | 1.2.1-1 | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - mgetty <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - mgetty <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty/
Upstream commit: 750939dfcaea9aa93dcea99526c49da7cafafe7f (1.2.1)