Debian DLA-2999-1 : mutt - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 160971

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2999 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

Upgrade the mutt packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.2-1+deb9u6.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1009734

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mutt

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2022/dla-2999

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-1328

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/mutt

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 160971

File Name: debian_DLA-2999.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/11/2022

Updated: 3/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:debian:debian_linux:mutt, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-1328