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Ubuntu 5.10 / 6.06 LTS / 6.10 : mutt vulnerabilities (USN-373-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 27954

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Race conditions were discovered in mutt's handling of temporary files.
Under certain conditions when using a shared temp directory (the default), other local users could overwrite arbitrary files owned by the user running mutt. This vulnerability is more likely when the temp directory is over NFS.

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Solution

Update the affected mutt package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/373-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 27954

File Name: ubuntu_USN-373-1.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:5.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mutt

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5297, CVE-2006-5298

USN: 373-1