openSUSE 10 Security Update : mutt (mutt-6487)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 42023

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of mutt improves the handling of the \0 character in SSL certificates. (CVE-2009-2408 )

Solution

Update the affected mutt package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 42023

File Name: suse_mutt-6487.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/6/2009

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, 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: 9/9/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2408

CWE: 310

Detections

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