CVE-2003-0517 Affecting mgetty package, versions <1.1.29


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-MGETTY-287476
  • published18 Aug 2003
  • disclosed18 Aug 2003

Introduced: 18 Aug 2003

CVE-2003-0517  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable mgetty to version 1.1.29 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mgetty package and not the mgetty package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

faxrunqd.in in mgetty 1.1.28 and earlier allows local users to overwrite files via a symlink attack on JOB files.

CVSS Scores

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