CVE-2002-1392

Description

faxspool in mgetty before 1.1.29 uses a world-writable spool directory for outgoing faxes, which allows local users to modify fax transmission privileges.

How to fix CVE-2002-1392

To remediate CVE-2002-1392, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/mgetty—upgrade to 1.1.30-1 or later

Is CVE-2002-1392 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 1.1.30-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1392