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RHEL 8 : mutt (Unpatched Vulnerability)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 198418
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat 8 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.- mutt: TLS mishandling during connection (CVE-2020-14154)
- mutt: response Injection via STARTTLS in SMTP, POP3 and IMAP (CVE-2020-14954)
- Mutt before 1.14.3 allows an IMAP fcc/postpone man-in-the-middle attack via a PREAUTH response.
(CVE-2020-14093)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.
Solution
The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerabilities but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation guidance.Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 198418
File Name: redhat_unpatched_mutt-rhel8.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/3/2024
Updated: 6/3/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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: Medium
Base Score: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14154
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 5.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14954
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mutt, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/15/2020