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Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : NeoMutt vulnerabilities (USN-7204-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 214221

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7204-1 advisory.

 Jeriko One discovered that NeoMutt incorrectly handled certain IMAP and POP3 responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NeoMutt to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or the execution of arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-14349, CVE-2018-14350, CVE-2018-14351, CVE-2018-14352, CVE-2018-14353, CVE-2018-14354, CVE-2018-14355, CVE-2018-14356, CVE-2018-14357, CVE-2018-14358, CVE-2018-14359, CVE-2018-14362)

 Jeriko One discovered that NeoMutt incorrectly handled certain NNTP-related operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NeoMutt to crash, resulting in denial of service, or the execution of arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-14360, CVE-2018-14361, CVE-2018-14363)

 It was discovered that NeoMutt incorrectly processed additional data when communicating with mail servers.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to access senstive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-14954, CVE-2020-28896)

 It was discovered that Neomutt incorrectly handled the IMAP QRSync setting. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause NeoMutt to crash, resulting in denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-32055)

 Tavis Ormandy discovered that NeoMutt incorrectly parsed uuencoded text past the length of the string. An attacker could possibly use this issue to enable the execution of arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-1328)

 It was discovered that NeoMutt did not properly encrypt email headers. An attacker could possibly use this issue to receive emails that were not intended for them and access sensitive information. This vulnerability was only fixed in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-49393, CVE-2024-49394)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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 neomutt package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7204-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 214221

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7204-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/15/2025

Updated: 1/15/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:neomutt, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14349, CVE-2018-14350, CVE-2018-14351, CVE-2018-14352, CVE-2018-14353, CVE-2018-14354, CVE-2018-14355, CVE-2018-14356, CVE-2018-14357, CVE-2018-14358, CVE-2018-14359, CVE-2018-14360, CVE-2018-14361, CVE-2018-14362, CVE-2018-14363, CVE-2020-14954, CVE-2020-28896, CVE-2021-32055, CVE-2022-1328, CVE-2024-49393, CVE-2024-49394

USN: 7204-1