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FreeBSD : Buffer overflow in Mutt 1.4 (67c05283-5d62-11d8-80e3-0020ed76ef5a)

high Nessus Plugin ID 37471

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Mutt 1.4 contains a buffer overflow that could be exploited with a specially formed message, causing Mutt to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.mutt.org/news.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?7b618ee5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 37471

File Name: freebsd_pkg_67c052835d6211d880e30020ed76ef5a.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

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:freebsd:freebsd:ja-mutt, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mutt, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/11/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0078