openSUSE Security Update: Security update for mgetty ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2942-1 Rating: important References: #1108752 #1108756 #1108757 #1108761 #1108762 Cross-References: CVE-2018-16741 CVE-2018-16742 CVE-2018-16743 CVE-2018-16744 CVE-2018-16745 Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available. Description: 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. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE 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: - openSUSE Leap 15.0: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1080=1 Package List: - openSUSE Leap 15.0 (x86_64): g3utils-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1 g3utils-debuginfo-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1 mgetty-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1 mgetty-debuginfo-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1 mgetty-debugsource-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1 sendfax-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1 sendfax-debuginfo-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16741.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16742.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16743.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16744.html https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16745.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108752 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108756 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108757 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108761 https://bugzilla.suse.com/1108762