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Mutt 1.5.19 Security Bypass Vulnerability

🗓️ 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType 
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Mutt 1.5.19 Security Bypass Vulnerability. Mutt linked with OpenSSL or GnuTLS allows connections with only one TLS certificate, enabling attackers to spoof SSL certificates of trusted servers and redirect users to malicious websites

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Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-6465 (mutt)
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 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

CPE = "cpe:/a:mutt:mutt";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900676");
  script_version("2025-03-05T05:38:52+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-03-05 05:38:52 +0000 (Wed, 05 Mar 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-06-24 07:17:25 +0200 (Wed, 24 Jun 2009)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1390");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("Mutt 1.5.19 Security Bypass Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_mutt_ssh_login_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("mutt/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Mutt is prone to a security bypass vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"When Mutt is linked with OpenSSL or GnuTLS it allows connections
  only one TLS certificate in the chain instead of verifying the entire chain.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploits allow attackers to spoof SSL certificates of
  trusted servers and redirect a user to a malicious web site.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Mutt version 1.5.19 only on Linux.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the patch from the references.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/51068");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35288");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/10/2");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504979");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe: CPE, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_is_equal(version: version, test_version: "1.5.19")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "See references", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: 0, data: report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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05 Mar 2025 00:00Current
6.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.4
CVSS 26.8
EPSS0.01919
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