Debian Security Advisory

mgetty -- remote root exploit

Date Reported:
undated
Affected Packages:
mgetty
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
No other external database security references currently available.
More information:
Improper quoting of user data in mgetty allowed users to execute commands as root.

References:

Fixed in:
Intel - (in release 1.1) 1.1.8