CVE catalog
CVE-2018-16741
mgetty: CVE-2018-16741
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.32% · Oct 27, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mgetty | sid | 1.2.1-8 | fixed |
| Debian | mgetty | forky | 1.2.1-8 | fixed |
| Debian | mgetty | trixie | 1.2.1-2 | fixed |
| Debian | mgetty | bookworm | 1.2.1-1.2 | fixed |
| Suse | mgetty | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp3 | 1.1.36-58.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mgetty | linux enterprise server 12 sp3 | 1.1.36-58.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mgetty | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp3 | 1.1.36-58.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mgetty | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 1.1.36-28.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mgetty | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 1.1.36-28.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | mgetty | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 | 1.1.37-3.3.2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mgetty | 16.04 | 1.1.36-2.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | mgetty | 16.04 | 1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | mgetty | 18.04 | 1.1.36-3.1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | mgetty | source | sid | 1.2.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [910448] |
| Debian | mgetty | source | forky | 1.2.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [910448] |
| Debian | mgetty | source | trixie | 1.2.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [910448] |
| Debian | mgetty | source | bookworm | 1.2.1-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [910448] |
| Suse | mgetty | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp3 | 1.1.36-58.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:2979-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mgetty | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp3 | 1.1.36-58.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:2979-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mgetty | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp3 | 1.1.36-58.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:2979-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mgetty | rpm | linux enterprise server 11 sp4 | 1.1.36-28.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mgetty | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 11 sp4 | 1.1.36-28.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | mgetty | rpm | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 | 1.1.37-3.3.2 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:2894-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | mgetty | deb | 16.04 | 1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16741 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [mgetty]Fixed
Details (2)
1.2.1-1.2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
1.2.1-1.2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
- [mgetty-docs]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
1.2.1-1.2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
1.2.1-1.2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
- [mgetty-fax]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
1.2.1-1.2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
1.2.1-1.2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
- [mgetty-pvftools]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
1.2.1-1.2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
1.2.1-1.2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
- [mgetty-viewfax]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
1.2.1-1.2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
1.2.1-1.2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
- [mgetty-voice]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
1.2.1-1.2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
1.2.1-1.2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · bookworm; dsa · mgetty · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [mgetty]Fixed
Details (2)
1.2.1-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
1.2.1-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
- [mgetty-docs]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
1.2.1-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
1.2.1-2· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
- [mgetty-fax]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
1.2.1-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
1.2.1-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
- [mgetty-pvftools]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
1.2.1-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
1.2.1-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
- [mgetty-viewfax]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
1.2.1-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
1.2.1-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
- [mgetty-voice]Fixed
Source package: [mgetty]
Details (2)
1.2.1-2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
1.2.1-2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.2.1-1dsa · mgetty · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2018_2850-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16741]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1502-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4291-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2894-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:2979-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16741]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-16741]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2018/cve-2018-16741.json]
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