CVE-2018-16743
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In contrib/next-login/login.c, the command-line parameter username is passed unsanitized to strcpy(), which can cause a stack-based buffer overflow.
Find out more about CVE-2018-16743 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue did not affect the versions of mgetty as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7 as they did not include the patched login binary provided by mgetty.
CVSS v3 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 2.9 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | None |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | mgetty | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | mgetty | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | mgetty | Not affected |
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