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Amazon Linux AMI : mutt (ALAS-2014-310)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73229

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way mutt processed certain email headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send an email with specially crafted headers that, when processed, could cause mutt to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running mutt. (CVE-2014-0467)

Solution

Run 'yum update mutt' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-310.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73229

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-310.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/28/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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:amazon:linux:mutt-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:mutt

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0467

ALAS: 2014-310

RHSA: 2014:0304