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GLSA-201701-04 : Mutt: Heap-based buffer overflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 96235

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-04 (Mutt: Heap-based buffer overflow)

 A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in Mutt’s mutt_substrdup function.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Mutt users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/mutt-1.5.23-r5'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-04

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 96235

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201701-04.nasl

Version: 3.2

Type: local

Published: 1/3/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mutt, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9116

GLSA: 201701-04