Vulnerabilities > CVE-2018-16745 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Mgetty Project Mgetty 1.1.28

047910
CVSS 7.8 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
LOW
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
local
low complexity
mgetty-project
CWE-119
nessus
NVD
Published: 2018-09-13
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

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 a buffer overflow if long untrusted input can reach it.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Mgetty_Project
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-2894-1.NASL
    descriptionThis 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). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2019-01-02
    plugin id120111
    published2019-01-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/120111
    titleSUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : mgetty (SUSE-SU-2018:2894-1)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2018:2894-1.
# The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(120111);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/16");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-16741", "CVE-2018-16742", "CVE-2018-16743", "CVE-2018-16744", "CVE-2018-16745");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : mgetty (SUSE-SU-2018:2894-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"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).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108752"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108756"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108757"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108761"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108762"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16741/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16742/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16743/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16744/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16745/"
  );
  # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182894-1/
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e99dd61d"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"To install this SUSE 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 :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:zypper in -t patch
SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-2054=1"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:g3utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:g3utils-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mgetty");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mgetty-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mgetty-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/09/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/01/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLED15|SLES15)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLED15 / SLES15", "SUSE " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);

sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(0)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP0", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
if (os_ver == "SLED15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(0)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED15 SP0", os_ver + " SP" + sp);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"0", reference:"g3utils-1.1.37-3.3.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"0", reference:"g3utils-debuginfo-1.1.37-3.3.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"0", reference:"mgetty-1.1.37-3.3.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"0", reference:"mgetty-debuginfo-1.1.37-3.3.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"0", reference:"mgetty-debugsource-1.1.37-3.3.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"0", reference:"g3utils-1.1.37-3.3.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"0", reference:"g3utils-debuginfo-1.1.37-3.3.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"0", reference:"mgetty-1.1.37-3.3.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"0", reference:"mgetty-debuginfo-1.1.37-3.3.2")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"0", reference:"mgetty-debugsource-1.1.37-3.3.2")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mgetty");
}
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2018-1080.NASL
    descriptionThis 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.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-10-01
    plugin id117855
    published2018-10-01
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117855
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : mgetty (openSUSE-2018-1080)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2018-1080.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(117855);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-16741", "CVE-2018-16742", "CVE-2018-16743", "CVE-2018-16744", "CVE-2018-16745");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : mgetty (openSUSE-2018-1080)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2018-1080 patch");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"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."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1108752"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1108756"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1108757"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1108761"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1108762"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected mgetty packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:g3utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:g3utils-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mgetty");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mgetty-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mgetty-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sendfax");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sendfax-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/28");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/10/01");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
if (release !~ "^(SUSE15\.0)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "15.0", release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (ourarch !~ "^(x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "x86_64", ourarch);

flag = 0;

if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"g3utils-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"g3utils-debuginfo-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"mgetty-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"mgetty-debuginfo-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"mgetty-debugsource-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"sendfax-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE15.0", reference:"sendfax-debuginfo-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1") ) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "g3utils / g3utils-debuginfo / mgetty / mgetty-debuginfo / etc");
}
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2019-DA586DB907.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for CVE-2018-16741,CVE-2018-16744,CVE-2018-16745 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122458
    published2019-02-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122458
    titleFedora 29 : mgetty (2019-da586db907)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory FEDORA-2019-da586db907.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(122458);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/02/07");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-16741", "CVE-2018-16744", "CVE-2018-16745");
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2019-da586db907");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 29 : mgetty (2019-da586db907)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Security fix for CVE-2018-16741,CVE-2018-16744,CVE-2018-16745

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as
possible without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-da586db907"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected mgetty package."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mgetty");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:29");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/09/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/02/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/02/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^29([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 29", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC29", reference:"mgetty-1.1.37-11.fc29")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mgetty");
}
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-2850-1.NASL
    descriptionThis 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) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id117799
    published2018-09-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117799
    titleSUSE SLES11 Security Update : mgetty (SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1.
# The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(117799);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/09/10 13:51:49");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-16741", "CVE-2018-16742", "CVE-2018-16743", "CVE-2018-16744", "CVE-2018-16745");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLES11 Security Update : mgetty (SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"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)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108752"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108756"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108757"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108761"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108762"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16741/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16742/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16743/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16744/"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16745/"
  );
  # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182850-1/
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f01f9d8f"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"To install this SUSE 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 :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch
slessp4-mgetty-13785=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch
dbgsp4-mgetty-13785=1"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:g3utils");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mgetty");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/09/13");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/09/25");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/09/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES11)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLES11", "SUSE " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);

sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES11" && (! preg(pattern:"^(4)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES11 SP4", os_ver + " SP" + sp);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", reference:"g3utils-1.1.36-28.3.1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES11", sp:"4", reference:"mgetty-1.1.36-28.3.1")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_hole(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mgetty");
}
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2019-737.NASL
    descriptionThis 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.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id123318
    published2019-03-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/123318
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : mgetty (openSUSE-2019-737)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2019-3D38AB031E.NASL
    descriptionSecurity fix for CVE-2018-16741,CVE-2018-16744,CVE-2018-16745 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id122456
    published2019-02-27
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/122456
    titleFedora 28 : mgetty (2019-3d38ab031e)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2018-1144.NASL
    descriptionThis update for mgetty fixes the following issues : - CVE-2018-16741: Fixed a command injection in fax/faxq-helper.c (boo#1108752) - CVE-2018-16742: Stack-based buffer overflow in contrib/scrts.c triggered via command line parameter (boo#1108762) - CVE-2018-16743: Stack-based buffer overflow with long username in contrib/next-login/login.c (boo#1108761) - CVE-2018-16744: Command injection in faxrec.c (boo#1108757) - CVE-2018-16745: Stack-based buffer overflow in fax_notify_mail() in faxrec.c (boo#1108756) - sets maximum length of a string to prevent buffer overflow and thus possible command injection - The obsolete contrib/scrts.c tool was deleted, which contained a buffer overflow.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2018-10-15
    plugin id118110
    published2018-10-15
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/118110
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : mgetty (openSUSE-2018-1144)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2018-2979-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for mgetty fixes the following security 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) Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id117903
    published2018-10-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/117903
    titleSUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : mgetty (SUSE-SU-2018:2979-1)

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