openSUSE Security Update : mutt (openSUSE-SU-2014:0434-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75304

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The mailreader mutt was updated to fix a crash in header view that could be triggered by malformed e-mails and potentially be used to execute code.

Solution

Update the affected mutt packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=868115

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00083.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75304

File Name: openSUSE-2014-246.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mutt-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mutt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mutt

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0467

BID: 66165