Input validation error - CVE-2018-17141

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Input validation error - CVE-2018-17141

Published: September 21, 2018 / Updated: August 3, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33040
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17141
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

HylaFAX 6.0.6 and HylaFAX+ 5.6.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a dial-in session that provides a FAX page with the JPEG bit enabled, which is mishandled in FaxModem::writeECMData() in the faxd/CopyQuality.c++ file.


Affected software

jasper (Alpine package)
hylafax (Alpine package)
hylafax+
Fedora
SUSE Linux
Opensuse

How to mitigate CVE-2018-17141

Install update from vendor's website.

hylafax (Alpine package) - addressed in versions 6.0.6-r4, 6.0.6-r5
hylafax+ - addressed in versions 5.6.1-1.el6, 5.6.1-1.el7, 5.6.1-1.fc27, 5.6.1-1.fc28, 5.6.1-1.fc29

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