Out-of-bounds Read Affecting mgetty package, versions <1.2.1-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (35th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-MGETTY-579044
  • published24 Jul 2019
  • disclosed24 Jul 2019

Introduced: 24 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-1010190  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 mgetty to version 1.2.1-1 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

mgetty prior to 1.2.1 is affected by: out-of-bounds read. The impact is: DoS, the program may crash if the memory is not mapped. The component is: putwhitespan() in g3/pbm2g3.c. The attack vector is: Local, the victim must open a specially crafted file. The fixed version is: 1.2.1.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1