Alpine: multiple mutt packages: security update to 2.0.4-r0 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400279

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- rfc822.c in Mutt through 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mailbox
unavailability) by sending email messages with sequences of semicolon characters in RFC822 address fields
(aka terminators of empty groups). A small email message from the attacker can cause large memory
consumption, and the victim may then be unable to see email messages from other persons. (CVE-2021-3181)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400279

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3181

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3181

Detections

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