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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Mutt vulnerability (USN-2440-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 80027
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.Description
The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2440-1 advisory.Jakub Wilk discovered that the write_one_header function in mutt did not properly handle newline characters at the beginning of a header. An attacker could specially craft an email to cause mutt to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected mutt and / or mutt-patched packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 80027
File Name: ubuntu_USN-2440-1.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 12/15/2014
Updated: 8/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, 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: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9116
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mutt-patched, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:mutt
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-9116
BID: 71334
USN: 2440-1