Mageia alert MGASA-2018-0402 (mgetty)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2018-0402: Updated mgetty packages fix security vulnerabilities 
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Fri, 19 Oct 2018 20:01:35 +0200
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MGASA-2018-0402 - Updated mgetty packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 19 Oct 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0402.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-16741,
     CVE-2018-16742,
     CVE-2018-16743,
     CVE-2018-16744,
     CVE-2018-16745

Description:
Updated mgetty packages fix security vulnerabilities:

The function do_activate() did not properly sanitize shell metacharacters
to prevent command injection (CVE-2018-16741).

Stack-based buffer overflow that could have been triggered via a
command-line parameter (CVE-2018-16742).

The command-line parameter username wsa passed unsanitized to strcpy(),
which could have caused a stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2018-16743).

The mail_to parameter was not sanitized, leading to command injection if
untrusted input reached reach it (CVE-2018-16744).

The mail_to parameter was not sanitized, leading to a buffer overflow if
long untrusted input reached it (CVE-2018-16745).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23567
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-09/msg00...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1...

SRPMS:
- 6/core/mgetty-1.1.37-1.1.mga6