PT-2003-1685 · Mgetty · Mgetty

Published 2003-07-10 · Updated 2008-09-10 · CVE-2003-0516

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: mgetty versions 1.1.28 and earlier

Description: The issue is related to the improper filtering of non-printable characters and quotes in the cnd.c component of mgetty. This may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in caller ID or caller name strings.

Recommendations: For mgetty versions 1.1.28 and earlier, consider updating to a version that properly filters non-printable characters and quotes to prevent the execution of arbitrary commands. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0516

Affected Products

Mgetty

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0516 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0516 · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://alpha.greenie.net/pub/mgetty/source/1.1/mgetty1.1.29-Nov25.tar.gz · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-0516 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0516 · Security Note