An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax/faxq-helper.c, the function do_activate() does not properly sanitize shell metacharacters to prevent command injection. It is possible to use the ||, &&, or > characters within a file created by the "faxq-helper activate <jobid>" command.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade mgetty | Sep 12, 2018 | Sep 11, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade mgetty | Nov 3, 2020 | Sep 13, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade mgetty | Sep 28, 2020 | Sep 13, 2018 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade mgetty | Nov 2, 2020 | Sep 13, 2018 |
| Redhat_linux | — | No solution exists | Jul 9, 2025 | Sep 13, 2018 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade mgettyUpgrade sendfaxUpgrade g3utils | Sep 26, 2018 | Sep 11, 2018 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade mgetty | Nov 19, 2024 | Sep 13, 2018 |
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