OS Command Injection Affecting mgetty-sendfax package, versions *
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- published26 Jul 2021
- disclosed13 Sept 2018
Introduced: 13 Sep 2018
CVE-2018-16744 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 mgetty-sendfax.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mgetty-sendfax package and not the mgetty-sendfax package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.
An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c, the mail_to parameter is not sanitized. It could allow for command injection if untrusted input can reach it, because popen is used.