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Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2018167410000000
Revision Date:2018-09-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2018-16741 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
Description: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 " command.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2018-16741
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND mgetty package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.1.36-2.1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1').
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