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GLSA-200606-27 : Mutt: Buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 21773

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-200606-27 (Mutt: Buffer overflow)

 TAKAHASHI Tamotsu has discovered that Mutt contains a boundary error in the 'browse_get_namespace()' function in browse.c, which can be triggered when receiving an overly long namespace from an IMAP server.
 Impact :

 A malicious IMAP server can send an overly long namespace to Mutt in order to crash the application, and possibly execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Mutt.
 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-1.5.11-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200606-27

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21773

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200606-27.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 6/29/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/28/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3242

GLSA: 200606-27