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Debian: DSA-4291-1 Moderate: Mgetty Command Injection Risk

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Calendar Grey September 11, 2018
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4291-1 https://www.debian.org/security/ Yves-Alexis Perez September 11,
Two input sanitization failures have been found in the faxrunq and faxq binaries in mgetty, a smart modem getty replacement
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Summary

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.36-3+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mgetty packages.

For the detailed security status of mgetty please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mgetty

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: mgetty
CVE ID: CVE-2018-16741

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