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FreeBSD : mutt -- mutt_decode_uuencoded() can read past the of the input line (6eb9cf14-bab0-11ec-8f59-4437e6ad11c4)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 159765

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The version of FreeBSD installed on the remote host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the 6eb9cf14-bab0-11ec-8f59-4437e6ad11c4 advisory.

 - Buffer Overflow in uudecoder in Mutt affecting all versions starting from 0.94.13 before 2.2.3 allows read past end of input line (CVE-2022-1328)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/issues/404

http://www.nessus.org/u?b9d72a57

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 159765

File Name: freebsd_pkg_6eb9cf14bab011ec8f594437e6ad11c4.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Published: 4/15/2022

Updated: 3/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-1328

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mutt, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1328