openSUSE Security Update: Security update for mgetty
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2942-1
Rating: important
References: #1108752 #1108756 #1108757 #1108761 #1108762

Cross-References: CVE-2018-16741 CVE-2018-16742 CVE-2018-16743
CVE-2018-16744 CVE-2018-16745
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.0
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An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:

This update for mgetty fixes the following issues:

– CVE-2018-16741: The function do_activate() did not properly sanitize
shell metacharacters to prevent command injection (bsc#1108752).
– CVE-2018-16745: The mail_to parameter was not sanitized, leading to a
buffer
overflow if long untrusted input reached it (bsc#1108756).
– CVE-2018-16744: The mail_to parameter was not sanitized, leading to
command injection if untrusted input reached reach it (bsc#1108757).
– CVE-2018-16742: Prevent stack-based buffer overflow that could have been
triggered via a command-line parameter (bsc#1108762).
– CVE-2018-16743: The command-line parameter username wsa passed
unsanitized to strcpy(), which could have caused a stack-based buffer
overflow (bsc#1108761).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or “zypper patch”.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

– openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1080=1

Package List:

– openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64):

g3utils-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1
g3utils-debuginfo-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1
mgetty-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1
mgetty-debuginfo-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1
mgetty-debugsource-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1
sendfax-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1
sendfax-debuginfo-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1

References:

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16741.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16742.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16743.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16744.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16745.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108752
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108756
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108757
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108761
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108762

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