openSUSE Security Update : mutt (openSUSE-2020-915)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 138721
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VPR Score: 3.6

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for mutt fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2020-14954: Fixed a response injection due to a STARTTLS buffering issue which was affecting IMAP, SMTP, and POP3 (bsc#1173197).

 - CVE-2020-14093: Fixed a potential IMAP Man-in-the-Middle attack via a PREAUTH response (bsc#1172906, bsc#1172935).

 - CVE-2020-14154: Fixed an issue where Mutt was ignoring an expired certificate and was proceeding with a connection (bsc#1172906, bsc#1172935).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected mutt packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1172906

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1172935

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1173197

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 138721

File Name: openSUSE-2020-915.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/20/2020

Updated: 7/22/2020

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 3.6

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14154

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mutt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mutt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mutt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mutt-lang, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14093, CVE-2020-14154, CVE-2020-14954