Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0108: mutt (ALINUX3-SA-2024:0108)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 236135

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2024:0108 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2023-4874:
Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12

CVE-2023-4875:
Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 236135

File Name: alinux3_sa_2024-0108.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/14/2025

Updated: 5/14/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4874

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mutt-doc, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mutt-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mutt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:mutt

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/5/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4874, CVE-2023-4875

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