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Scientific Linux Security Update : mutt on SL7.x x86_64 (20200407)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135823

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Synopsis

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

Description

* mutt: IMAP header caching path traversal vulnerability

Solution

Update the affected mutt and / or mutt-debuginfo packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?081ff2ed

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135823

File Name: sl_20200407_mutt_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/21/2020

Updated: 3/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14355

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mutt, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:mutt-debuginfo, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14355