MGASA-2020-0076 - Updated mgetty packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 09 Feb 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0076.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-1010189

Updated mgetty package fixes security vulnerability:

mgetty prior to version 1.2.1 is affected by: Infinite Loop. The impact
is: DoS, the program does never terminates. The component is: g3/g32pbm.c.
The attack vector is: Local, the user should open a specially crafted file
(CVE-2019-1010189).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25941
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/YH7KTF6IB4LZURQHCOICNVE6YDAIHV62/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1010189

SRPMS:
- 7/core/mgetty-1.2.1-1.mga7

Mageia 2020-0076: mgetty security update

Updated mgetty package fixes security vulnerability: mgetty prior to version 1.2.1 is affected by: Infinite Loop

Summary

Updated mgetty package fixes security vulnerability:
mgetty prior to version 1.2.1 is affected by: Infinite Loop. The impact is: DoS, the program does never terminates. The component is: g3/g32pbm.c. The attack vector is: Local, the user should open a specially crafted file (CVE-2019-1010189).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25941

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/YH7KTF6IB4LZURQHCOICNVE6YDAIHV62/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1010189

Resolution

MGASA-2020-0076 - Updated mgetty packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/mgetty-1.2.1-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 09 Feb 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0076.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-1010189

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