Alpine: multiple mutt packages: security update to 2.0.1-r0 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400312

Description

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

- Mutt before 2.0.2 and NeoMutt before 2020-11-20 did not ensure that $ssl_force_tls was processed if an
IMAP server's initial server response was invalid. The connection was not properly closed, and the code
could continue attempting to authenticate. This could result in authentication credentials being exposed
on an unencrypted connection, or to a machine-in-the-middle. (CVE-2020-28896)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400312

Version: Revision 1.24

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: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28896

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28896

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