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openSUSE Security Update : mutt (openSUSE-2020-2141)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 143463

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for mutt fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2020-28896: incomplete connection termination could lead to sending credentials over unencrypted connections (bsc#1179035)

 - Avoid that message with a million tiny parts can freeze MUA for several minutes (bsc#1179113)

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=1179035

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1179113

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 143463

File Name: openSUSE-2020-2141.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/3/2020

Updated: 12/16/2020

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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

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/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28896