Oracle Linux 6 : mutt (ELSA-2011-0959)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68308

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2011:0959 :

An updated mutt package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Mutt is a text-mode mail user agent.

A flaw was found in the way Mutt verified SSL certificates. When a server presented an SSL certificate chain, Mutt could ignore a server hostname check failure. A remote attacker able to get a certificate from a trusted Certificate Authority could use this flaw to trick Mutt into accepting a certificate issued for a different hostname, and perform man-in-the-middle attacks against Mutt's SSL connections.
(CVE-2011-1429)

All Mutt users should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. All running instances of Mutt must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected mutt package.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2011-July/002236.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68308

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0959.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:mutt, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/20/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/16/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1429

BID: 46803

RHSA: 2011:0959