mgetty prior to version 1.2.1 is affected by: Infinite Loop. The impact is: DoS, the program does never terminates. The component is: g3/g32pbm.c. The attack vector is: Local, the user should open a specially crafted file. The fixed version is: 1.2.1.
Weakness
The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mgetty | Mgetty_project | * | 1.2.1 (excluding) |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | bionic | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | disco | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | eoan | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | esm-apps/bionic | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | esm-apps/focal | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | esm-apps/jammy | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | esm-apps/noble | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | focal | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | groovy | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | hirsute | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | impish | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | jammy | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | kinetic | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | lunar | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | mantic | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | noble | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | oracular | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | plucky | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | questing | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Mgetty | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
References
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YH7KTF6IB4LZURQHCOICNVE6YDAIHV62/
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YH7KTF6IB4LZURQHCOICNVE6YDAIHV62/
- https://www.x41-dsec.de/lab/advisories/x41-2018-007-mgetty/