Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | mutt vulnerability |
Informations | |||
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Name | USN-307-1 | First vendor Publication | 2006-06-28 |
Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2006-06-28 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.04 Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.04: Ubuntu 5.10: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart mutt to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: TAKAHASHI Tamotsu discovered that mutt's IMAP backend did not sufficiently check the validity of namespace strings. If an user connects to a malicious IMAP server, that server could exploit this to crash mutt or even execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the mutt user. |
Original Source
Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-307-1 |
OVAL Definitions
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10826 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10826 | ||
Title: | Stack-based buffer overflow in the browse_get_namespace function in imap/browse.c of Mutt 1.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long namespaces received from the IMAP server. | ||
Description: | Stack-based buffer overflow in the browse_get_namespace function in imap/browse.c of Mutt 1.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long namespaces received from the IMAP server. | ||
Family: | unix | Class: | vulnerability |
Reference(s): | CVE-2006-3242 | Version: | 5 |
Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 CentOS Linux 3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 | Product(s): | |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 2 |
OpenVAS Exploits
Date | Description |
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2009-02-27 | Name : Fedora Update for mutt FEDORA-2007-540 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_540_mutt_fc5.nasl |
2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200606-27 (mutt) File : nvt/glsa_200606_27.nasl |
2008-09-04 | Name : FreeBSD Ports: mutt, mutt-lite File : nvt/freebsd_mutt0.nasl |
2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1108-1 (mutt) File : nvt/deb_1108_1.nasl |
0000-00-00 | Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2006-207-01 mutt File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2006_207_01.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
Id | Description |
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26814 | Mutt imap/browse.c browse_get_namespace Function MAP Namespace Overflow |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2009-09-24 | Name : The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse9_11094.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2007-11-10 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-307-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2007-10-17 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_mutt-1701.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2007-01-17 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2006-1061.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2007-01-17 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2006-1063.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2007-01-17 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2006-760.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2007-01-17 | Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2006-761.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2006-10-14 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1108.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2006-07-28 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2006-207-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2006-07-13 | Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update. File : centos_RHSA-2006-0577.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2006-07-13 | Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update. File : redhat-RHSA-2006-0577.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2006-07-03 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates. File : freebsd_pkg_d2a43243087b11dbbc360008743bf21a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2006-06-29 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200606-27.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2006-06-29 | Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-115.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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