Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2024:0108 advisory.

    Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2023-4874:
    Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12

    CVE-2023-4875:
    Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2024:2290 advisory.

    * mutt: null pointer dereference (CVE-2023-4874)

    * mutt: null pointer dereference (CVE-2023-4875)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-3058 advisory.

    - Fix for: CVE-2023-4874 CVE-2023-4875

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:3058 advisory.

    Mutt is a low resource, highly configurable, text-based MIME e-mail client. Mutt supports most e-mail     storing formats, such as mbox and Maildir, as well as most protocols, including POP3 and IMAP.

    Security Fix(es):

    * mutt: null pointer dereference (CVE-2023-4874)

    * mutt: null pointer dereference (CVE-2023-4875)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2024:3058 advisory.

  - Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12 (CVE-2023-4874)

  - Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12     (CVE-2023-4875)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2024-2290 advisory.

    - Fix for: CVE-2023-4874 CVE-2023-4875

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2024:2290 advisory.

    Mutt is a low resource, highly configurable, text-based MIME e-mail client. Mutt supports most e-mail     storing formats, such as mbox and Maildir, as well as most protocols, including POP3 and IMAP.

    Security Fix(es):

    * mutt: null pointer dereference (CVE-2023-4874)

    * mutt: null pointer dereference (CVE-2023-4875)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Release Notes     linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the mutt package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12 (CVE-2023-4874)

  - Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12     (CVE-2023-4875)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 23.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6374-2 advisory.

    USN-6374-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Mutt. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.10.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of mutt installed on the remote host is prior to 1.5.20-7.20091214hg736b6a.10. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS-2023-1836 advisory.

    Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12 (CVE-2023-4874)

    Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12     (CVE-2023-4875)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of mutt installed on the remote host is prior to 1.5.21-29. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2023-2265 advisory.

    Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12 (CVE-2023-4874)

    Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12     (CVE-2023-4875)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-357 advisory.

    Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12 (CVE-2023-4874)

    Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12     (CVE-2023-4875)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of mutt installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2023-4875 advisory.

  - Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12     (CVE-2023-4875)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3826-1 advisory.

  - Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12 (CVE-2023-4874)

  - Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12     (CVE-2023-4875)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3702-1 advisory.

  - Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12 (CVE-2023-4874)

  - Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12     (CVE-2023-4875)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3574 advisory.

    -------------------------------------------------------------------------     Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3574-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org     https://www.debian.org/lts/security/               Santiago Ruano Rincn     September 20, 2023                            https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Package        : mutt     Version        : 1.10.1-2.1+deb10u7     CVE ID         : CVE-2023-4874 CVE-2023-4875     Debian Bug     : 1051563

    Two NULL pointer dereference flaws were discovered in Mutt, a text-based     mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading, which may result in     denial of service (application crash) when viewing a specially crafted     email or when composing from a specially crafted draft message.

    For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version     1.10.1-2.1+deb10u7.

    We recommend that you upgrade your mutt packages.

    For the detailed security status of mutt please refer to     its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/mutt

    Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply     these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be     found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS     Attachment:
    signature.asc     Description: PGP signature

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6374-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain email header contents. If a user were tricked into     opening a specially crafted message, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of     service. (CVE-2023-4874, CVE-2023-4875)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 11 / 12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5494 advisory.

    Several NULL pointer dereference flaws were discovered in Mutt, a text-based mailreader supporting MIME,     GPG, PGP and threading, which may result in denial of service (application crash) when viewing a specially     crafted email or when composing from a specially crafted draft message. For the oldstable distribution     (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.5-4.1+deb11u3. For the stable distribution     (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.9-1+deb12u1. We recommend that you upgrade your     mutt packages. For the detailed security status of mutt please refer to its security tracker page at:
    https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/mutt

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
236135	Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0108: mutt (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0108)	Nessus	Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks	medium
235543	RockyLinux 9 : mutt (RLSA-2024:2290)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	medium
198017	Oracle Linux 8 : mutt (ELSA-2024-3058)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
197744	RHEL 8 : mutt (RHSA-2024:3058)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
197684	CentOS 8 : mutt (CESA-2024:3058)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
195053	Oracle Linux 9 : mutt (ELSA-2024-2290)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
194761	RHEL 9 : mutt (RHSA-2024:2290)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
190315	EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : mutt (EulerOS-SA-2024-1153)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
189064	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : mutt (EulerOS-SA-2023-3187)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
188956	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : mutt (EulerOS-SA-2023-3252)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
188767	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : mutt (EulerOS-SA-2023-3280)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
188713	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : mutt (EulerOS-SA-2023-3222)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
183427	Ubuntu 23.10 : Mutt vulnerabilities (USN-6374-2)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
182704	Amazon Linux AMI : mutt (ALAS-2023-1836)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
182643	Amazon Linux 2 : mutt (ALAS-2023-2265)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
182445	Amazon Linux 2023 : mutt (ALAS2023-2023-357)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
182372	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: mutt (CVE-2023-4875)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
182097	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : mutt (SUSE-SU-2023:3826-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
181750	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : mutt (SUSE-SU-2023:3702-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
181696	Debian dla-3574 : mutt - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
181450	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.04 : Mutt vulnerabilities (USN-6374-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
181212	Debian DSA-5494-1 : mutt - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium

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