Bug 1108762 – VUL-1: CVE-2018-16742: mgetty: Stack-based buffer overflow in contrib/scrts.c triggered via command line parameter

Bug 1108762 - (CVE-2018-16742) VUL-1: CVE-2018-16742: mgetty: Stack-based buffer overflow in contrib/scrts.c triggered via command line parameter

(CVE-2018-16742)
Summary:	VUL-1: CVE-2018-16742: mgetty: Stack-based buffer overflow in contrib/scrts.c...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Classification:	Novell Products
Product:	SUSE Security Incidents
Classification:	Novell Products
Component:	Incidents
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P4 - Low Severity: Minor
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Security Team bot
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/214328/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3:RedHat:CVE-2018-16742:2.9:(A...
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Reported:	2018-09-18 08:04 UTC by Karol Babioch
Modified:	2018-11-02 18:35 UTC (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Description Karol Babioch 2018-09-18 08:04:20 UTC

rh#1629971

An issue was discovered in mgetty before 1.2.1. In contrib/scrts.c, a
stack-based buffer overflow can be triggered via a command-line parameter.

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1629971
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2018-16742
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2018/CVE-2018-16742.html

Comment 3 Swamp Workflow Management 2018-09-25 13:09:48 UTC

SUSE-SU-2018:2850-1: An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1108752,1108756,1108757,1108761,1108762
CVE References: CVE-2018-16741,CVE-2018-16742,CVE-2018-16743,CVE-2018-16744,CVE-2018-16745
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4 (src):    mgetty-1.1.36-28.3.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (src):    mgetty-1.1.36-28.3.1

Comment 4 Swamp Workflow Management 2018-09-27 13:21:07 UTC

SUSE-SU-2018:2894-1: An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1108752,1108756,1108757,1108761,1108762
CVE References: CVE-2018-16741,CVE-2018-16742,CVE-2018-16743,CVE-2018-16744,CVE-2018-16745
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 (src):    mgetty-1.1.37-3.3.2

Comment 5 Swamp Workflow Management 2018-09-28 19:09:08 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2018:2942-1: An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1108752,1108756,1108757,1108761,1108762
CVE References: CVE-2018-16741,CVE-2018-16742,CVE-2018-16743,CVE-2018-16744,CVE-2018-16745
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.0 (src):    mgetty-1.1.37-lp150.2.3.1

Comment 6 Swamp Workflow Management 2018-10-02 19:18:00 UTC

SUSE-SU-2018:2979-1: An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1108752,1108756,1108757,1108761,1108762
CVE References: CVE-2018-16741,CVE-2018-16742,CVE-2018-16743,CVE-2018-16744,CVE-2018-16745
Sources used:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3 (src):    mgetty-1.1.36-58.3.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3 (src):    mgetty-1.1.36-58.3.1

Comment 7 Marcus Meissner 2018-10-04 15:22:30 UTC

released

Comment 8 Marcus Meissner 2018-10-04 15:25:25 UTC

42.3 missing

Comment 9 Swamp Workflow Management 2018-10-05 15:40:22 UTC

This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1108762) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/640100 42.3 / mgetty

Comment 10 Swamp Workflow Management 2018-10-12 10:11:46 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2018:3108-1: An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1108752,1108756,1108757,1108761,1108762
CVE References: CVE-2018-16741,CVE-2018-16742,CVE-2018-16743,CVE-2018-16744,CVE-2018-16745
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 42.3 (src):    mgetty-1.1.36-65.3.1

Comment 12 Swamp Workflow Management 2018-10-23 15:11:41 UTC

An update workflow for this issue was started.
This issue was rated as important.
Please submit fixed packages until 2018-10-30.
When done, reassign the bug to security-team@suse.de.
https://swamp.suse.de/webswamp/wf/64165

Comment 13 Marcus Meissner 2018-11-02 18:35:37 UTC

dione