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GLSA-202101-32 : Mutt, NeoMutt: Information disclosure

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145489

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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-202101-32 (Mutt, NeoMutt: Information disclosure)

 A weakness in TLS handshake handling was found which may allow information disclosure.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker may be able to cause information disclosure.
 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-2.0.2' All NeoMutt users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/neomutt-20201120'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-32

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145489

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202101-32.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/27/2021

Updated: 1/26/2024

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:mutt, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:neomutt, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28896

GLSA: 202101-32