Infinite loop in Mgetty+Sendfax - CVE-2019-1010189

 

Infinite loop in Mgetty+Sendfax - CVE-2019-1010189

Published: August 7, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU19977
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1010189
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: EDV-Beratung Gert Döring
Affected software:
Mgetty+Sendfax

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in g3/g32pbm.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, pass it to the application and consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-1010189

Install updates from vendor's website.

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