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FreeBSD : mutt -- denial of service via crafted mail message (c3d43001-8064-11e4-801f-0022156e8794)

🗓️ 26 Dec 2014 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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FreeBSD mutt denial of service via crafted mail messag

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mutt -- denial of service via crafted mail message
26 Nov 201400:00
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CVE
CVE-2014-9116
2 Dec 201416:00
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Cvelist
CVE-2014-9116
2 Dec 201416:00
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[SECURITY] [DSA 3083-1] mutt security update
30 Nov 201413:47
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[SECURITY] [DSA 3083-1] mutt security update
30 Nov 201413:47
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CVE-2014-9116
2 Dec 201416:00
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Debian DSA-3083-1 : mutt - security update
1 Dec 201400:00
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Fedora 20 : mutt-1.5.23-4.fc20 (2014-16494)
16 Feb 201500:00
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Fedora 21 : mutt-1.5.23-7.fc21 (2014-16782)
16 Feb 201500:00
nessus
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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
# Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
# HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
# 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
#    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
#    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
# 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
#    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
#    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
#    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
#    distribution.
# 
# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
# OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
# BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(80238);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/06");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-9116");
  script_bugtraq_id(71334);

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : mutt -- denial of service via crafted mail message (c3d43001-8064-11e4-801f-0022156e8794)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"NVD reports :

The write_one_header function in mutt 1.5.23 does not properly handle
newline characters at the beginning of a header, which allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a header with an
empty body, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the
mutt_substrdup function."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=771125"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3716"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/c3d43001-8064-11e4-801f-0022156e8794.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?58255fc7"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ja-mutt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mutt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:zh-mutt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2014/11/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/23");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/12/26");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"mutt>=1.5.22<1.5.23_7")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"ja-mutt>=1.5.22<1.5.23_7")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"zh-mutt>=1.5.22<1.5.23_7")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:pkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

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