Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 18, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2003-0516

Description

cnd.c in mgetty 1.1.28 and earlier does not properly filter non-printable characters and quotes, which may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) caller ID or (2) caller name strings.

Affected products

Gert Doering/Mgetty
cpe:2.3:a:gert_doering:mgetty:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.1.28
mgetty/mgettyllm-fuzzy
Range: <=1.1.28

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

alpha.greenie.net/pub/mgetty/source/1.1/mgetty1.1.29-Nov25.tar.gznvdPatch

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