In libetpan a null pointer dereference in mailimap_mailbox_data_status_free in low-level/imap/mailimap_types.c was found that could lead to a remote denial of service or other potential consequences.

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-f092bc8f7b advisory.

    A potential bug is found on libetpan that when IMAP client receives invalid STATUS response, an invalid     free can occur on mailimap_mailbox_data_status_free(). This bug is now assigned as CVE-2022-4121. Although     the formal fix is under discussion, this update rpm adds a quick fix for this issue.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3261 advisory.

  - A potential bug is found on libetpan that when IMAP client receives invalid STATUS response, an invalid     free can occur on mailimap_mailbox_data_status_free(). This bug is now assigned as CVE-2022-4121. Although     the formal fix is under discussion, this update rpm adds a quick fix for this issue. (CVE-2022-4121)

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

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-de3e565494 advisory.

    A potential bug is found on libetpan that when IMAP client receives invalid STATUS response, an invalid     free can occur on mailimap_mailbox_data_status_free(). This bug is now assigned as CVE-2022-4121. Although     the formal fix is under discussion, this update rpm adds a quick fix for this issue.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

The remote Fedora 35 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-df2f4923ea advisory.

    A potential bug is found on libetpan that when IMAP client receives invalid STATUS response, an invalid     free can occur on mailimap_mailbox_data_status_free(). This bug is now assigned as CVE-2022-4121. Although     the formal fix is under discussion, this update rpm adds a quick fix for this issue.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
211260	Fedora 37 : libetpan (2022-f092bc8f7b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
169695	Debian DLA-3261-1 : libetpan - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
169264	Fedora 36 : libetpan (2022-de3e565494)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
169152	Fedora 35 : libetpan (2022-df2f4923ea)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

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