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Debian DSA-1108-1 : mutt - buffer overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 22650

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that the mutt mail reader performs insufficient validation of values returned from an IMAP server, which might overflow a buffer and potentially lead to the injection of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the mutt package.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.9-2sarge2.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=375828

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1108

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22650

File Name: debian_DSA-1108.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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:debian:debian_linux:mutt, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/11/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3242

DSA: 1108