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FreeBSD: VID-3DF5A920-6EDC-11E9-A44B-0050562A4D7B (CVE-2018-17141): comms/hylafax -- Malformed fax sender remote code execution in JPEG support

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FreeBSD: VID-3DF5A920-6EDC-11E9-A44B-0050562A4D7B (CVE-2018-17141): comms/hylafax -- Malformed fax sender remote code execution in JPEG support

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
08/24/2018
Created
05/08/2019
Added
05/05/2019
Modified
05/05/2019

Description

HylaFAX 6.0.6 and HylaFAX+ 5.6.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a dial-in session that provides a FAX page with the JPEG bit enabled, which is mishandled in FaxModem::writeECMData() in the faxd/CopyQuality.c++ file.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-hylafax

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