The remote host is missing an update for the 'mutt' package(s) due to a security issue in displaying mail headers, which could allow attackers to crash mutt or potentially execute code
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 63 |
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![]() | mutt security update | 17 Mar 201421:19 | β | centos |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DLA 100-1] mutt security update | 5 Dec 201421:49 | β | debian |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 2874-1] mutt security update | 12 Mar 201415:44 | β | debian |
![]() | Debian DLA-100-1 : mutt security update | 26 Mar 201500:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | Fedora 20 : mutt-1.5.23-2.fc20 (2014-6408) | 19 May 201400:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | GLSA-201406-05 : Mutt: Arbitrary code execution | 5 Jun 201400:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | SuSE 11.3 Security Update : mutt (SAT Patch Number 9023) | 2 Apr 201400:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | CentOS 6 : mutt (CESA-2014:0304) | 18 Mar 201400:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | Oracle Linux 6 : mutt (ELSA-2014-0304) | 18 Mar 201400:00 | β | nessus |
![]() | Scientific Linux Security Update : mutt on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140317) | 18 Mar 201400:00 | β | nessus |
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.850834");
script_version("2022-07-05T11:37:00+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-07-05 11:37:00 +0000 (Tue, 05 Jul 2022)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-10-13 18:35:01 +0530 (Tue, 13 Oct 2015)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0467");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory for mutt (SUSE-SU-2014:0471-1)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'mutt'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The mailreader mutt was updated to fix a security issue in
displaying mail headers, where a crafted e-mail could
cause a heap overflow, which in turn might be used by
attackers to crash mutt or potentially even execute code.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"mutt on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_xref(name:"SUSE-SU", value:"2014:0471-1");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=SLES11\.0SP3");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "SLES11.0SP3") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"mutt", rpm:"mutt~1.5.17~42.37.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP3"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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