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GLSA-202101-25 : Mutt: Denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145428

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202101-25 (Mutt: Denial of service)

 A memory leak could occur when a crafted email message is received.
 Impact :

 An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Mutt users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/mutt-2.0.4-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-25

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145428

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202101-25.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/26/2021

Updated: 2/1/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3181

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: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mutt, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3181

GLSA: 202101-25