The Debian 'mutt' package in Debian 8 is missing an update, and multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered, including denial of service, buffer overflow, arbitrary command execution, and directory traversal flaws
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 199 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | mutt/neomutt -- multiple vulnerabilities | 10 Jul 201800:00 | – | freebsd |
![]() | mutt -- remote code injection and path traversal vulnerability | 15 Jul 201800:00 | – | freebsd |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 4277-1] mutt security update | 17 Aug 201818:15 | – | debian |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DLA 1455-1] mutt security update | 2 Aug 201811:00 | – | debian |
![]() | [SECURITY] [DSA 4277-1] mutt security update | 17 Aug 201818:15 | – | debian |
![]() | Updated mutt packages fix security vulnerability | 16 Nov 201801:04 | – | mageia |
![]() | Debian DLA-1455-1 : mutt security update | 3 Aug 201800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | Debian DSA-4277-1 : mutt - security update | 20 Aug 201800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | FreeBSD : mutt/neomutt -- multiple vulnerabilities (fe12ef83-8b47-11e8-96cc-001a4a7ec6be) | 20 Jul 201800:00 | – | nessus |
![]() | openSUSE Security Update : mutt (openSUSE-2019-569) | 27 Mar 201900:00 | – | nessus |
Source | Link |
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debian | www.debian.org/lts/security/2018/DLA-1455-1 |
wiki | www.wiki.debian.org/LTS |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.891455");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-14349", "CVE-2018-14350", "CVE-2018-14351", "CVE-2018-14352", "CVE-2018-14353", "CVE-2018-14354", "CVE-2018-14355", "CVE-2018-14356", "CVE-2018-14357", "CVE-2018-14358", "CVE-2018-14359", "CVE-2018-14360", "CVE-2018-14361", "CVE-2018-14362", "CVE-2018-14363");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-08-02 22:00:00 +0000 (Thu, 02 Aug 2018)");
script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:06+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:06 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-09-12 16:19:40 +0000 (Wed, 12 Sep 2018)");
script_name("Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1455-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB8");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"DLA-1455-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2018/DLA-1455-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://wiki.debian.org/LTS");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'mutt' package(s) announced via the DLA-1455-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in mutt, a sophisticated text-based Mail User Agent, resulting in denial of service, stack-based buffer overflow, arbitrary command execution, and directory traversal flaws.
For Debian 8 Jessie, these problems have been fixed in version 1.5.23-3+deb8u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your mutt packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references]");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'mutt' package(s) on Debian 8.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "DEB8") {
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mutt", ver:"1.5.23-3+deb8u1", rls:"DEB8"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mutt-dbg", ver:"1.5.23-3+deb8u1", rls:"DEB8"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"mutt-patched", ver:"1.5.23-3+deb8u1", rls:"DEB8"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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