SUSE SLES12 Security Update : mutt (SUSE-SU-2023:3702-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181750

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3702-1 advisory.

- Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12 (CVE-2023-4874)

- Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12 (CVE-2023-4875)

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 affected mutt package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215189

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215191

http://www.nessus.org/u?5d7da61b

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4874

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4875

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181750

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3702-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/21/2023

Updated: 9/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4874

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:novell:suse_linux:mutt, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4874, CVE-2023-4875

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3702-1