CVE-2018-16743

High

Description

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In contrib/next-login/login.c, the command-line parameter username is passed unsanitized to strcpy(), which can cause a stack-based buffer overflow.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMgetty
PublishedSep 13, 2018
First seenSep 13, 2018

How to fix

Update
  • mgetty_project mgetty1.2.1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mgetty_project mgettyv < 1.2.11.2.1

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