CVE-2018-16743

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

4.6^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:mgetty_project:mgetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 03:53

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2018-09-13 16:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 03:53

NVD link : CVE-2018-16743

Mitre link : CVE-2018-16743

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-16743

JSON object : View

Products Affected

mgetty_project

mgetty

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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