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RHEL 6 / 7 : mutt (RHSA-2018:2526)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 111994
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for mutt.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2018:2526 advisory.- mutt: Remote code injection vulnerability to an IMAP mailbox (CVE-2018-14354)
- mutt: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters (CVE-2018-14357)
- mutt: POP body caching path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2018-14362)
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 RHEL mutt package based on the guidance in RHSA-2018:2526.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b9b548af
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1602069
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 111994
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2018-2526.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 8/20/2018
Updated: 4/27/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14362
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mutt, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2018