openSUSE 10 Security Update : mutt (mutt-1701)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27353

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Mutt had a buffer overflow in IMAP namespace parsing code which may open a possible remote vulnerability (CVE-2006-3242).

Solution

Update the affected mutt package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27353

File Name: suse_mutt-1701.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mutt

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3242

Detections

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