FreeBSD : mutt -- denial of service, potential remote code execution (eb426e82-ab68-11e3-9d09-000c2980a9f3)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73050

Synopsis

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

Description

Beatrice Torracca and Evgeni Golov report :

A buffer overflow has been discovered that could result in denial of service or potential execution of arbitrary code.

This condition can be triggered by malformed RFC2047 header lines

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2014-0467

http://www.nessus.org/u?52ff4477

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73050

File Name: freebsd_pkg_eb426e82ab6811e39d09000c2980a9f3.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 3/17/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: 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: 3/14/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0467