CVE-2018-16745

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-09-13
CWE:
CWE-121
Bugzilla:
1629979: CVE-2018-16745 mgetty: Stack-based buffer overflow in fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2018-16745 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 3.9
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 mgetty Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 mgetty Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 mgetty Will not fix

Mitigation

Make sure the `notify` option in /etc/mgetty+sendfax/mgetty.config does not contain more than 150 characters and that the file is readable and writable only by root.

Last Modified

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