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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 =========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2018.2883 SUSE Security Update: Security update for mgetty 26 September 2018 =========================================================================== AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: mgetty Publisher: SUSE Operating System: SUSE Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Existing Account Denial of Service -- Existing Account Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2018-16745 CVE-2018-16744 CVE-2018-16743 CVE-2018-16742 CVE-2018-16741 Reference: ESB-2018.2707 Original Bulletin: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2018/suse-su-20182850-1/ - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- SUSE Security Update: Security update for mgetty ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1 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: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 ______________________________________________________________________________ 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) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch slessp4-mgetty-13785 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-mgetty-13785 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): g3utils-1.1.36-28.3.1 mgetty-1.1.36-28.3.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64): mgetty-debuginfo-1.1.36-28.3.1 mgetty-debugsource-1.1.36-28.3.1 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 - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AusCERT. 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