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
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.