Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2007-2683 First vendor Publication 2007-05-15
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-11-21

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
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:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 3.5 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 1.5 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

Buffer overflow in Mutt 1.4.2 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via "&" characters in the GECOS field, which triggers the overflow during alias expansion.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2683

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10543
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10543
Title: Buffer overflow in Mutt 1.4.2 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via "" characters in the GECOS field, which triggers the overflow during alias expansion.
Description: Buffer overflow in Mutt 1.4.2 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via "&" characters in the GECOS field, which triggers the overflow during alias expansion.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2007-2683
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS Linux 5
Oracle Linux 5
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22532
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22532
Title: ELSA-2007:0386: mutt security update (Moderate)
Description: Buffer overflow in Mutt 1.4.2 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via "&" characters in the GECOS field, which triggers the overflow during alias expansion.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2007:0386-02
CVE-2006-5297
CVE-2007-1558
CVE-2007-2683
Version: 17
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
Product(s): mutt
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for mutt MDKSA-2007:113 (mutt)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDKSA_2007_113.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for mutt FEDORA-2007-0001
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_0001_mutt_fc7.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for mutt FEDORA-2007-539
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_539_mutt_fc6.nasl
2009-02-27 Name : Fedora Update for mutt FEDORA-2007-540
File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_540_mutt_fc5.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: mutt, mutt-lite, ja-mutt, zh-mutt
File : nvt/freebsd_mutt1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
34973 Mutt GECOS Field Alias Expansion Overflow

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0386.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-24 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-0002.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20070604_mutt_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-07-30 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_863f95d33df111dcb3d30016179b2dd5.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-06-05 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2007-113.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-06-04 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2007-0386.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-06-04 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2007-0386.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-06-01 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-539.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-06-01 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2007-540.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/2885
http://osvdb.org/34973
http://secunia.com/advisories/25408
http://secunia.com/advisories/25515
http://secunia.com/advisories/25529
http://secunia.com/advisories/25546
http://secunia.com/advisories/26415
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:113
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24192
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018066
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0024/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239890
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34441
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1391
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
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