Executive Summary

Summary
Title Updated mutt packages fix remotely-triggerable crash
Informations
Name RHSA-2004:050 First vendor Publication 2004-02-11
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2004-02-11
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 01

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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
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

Problem Description:

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-050.html

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10648
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10648
Title: Buffer overflow in the index menu code (menu_pad_string of menu.c) for Mutt 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain mail messages.
Description: Buffer overflow in the index menu code (menu_pad_string of menu.c) for Mutt 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain mail messages.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2004-0078
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:811
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:811
Title: Red Hat Mutt BO in Index Menu
Description: Buffer overflow in the index menu code (menu_pad_string of menu.c) for Mutt 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain mail messages.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2004-0078
Version: 2
Platform(s): Red Hat Linux 9
Product(s): Mutt
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:838
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:838
Title: Red Hat Enterprise 3 Mutt BO in Index Menu
Description: Buffer overflow in the index menu code (menu_pad_string of menu.c) for Mutt 1.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain mail messages.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2004-0078
Version: 3
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Product(s): Mutt
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 18

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: mutt, ja-mutt
File : nvt/freebsd_mutt.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2004-043-01 mutt security update
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2004_043_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
3918 Mutt menu.c menu_pad_string Function Index Menu Code Remote Overflow DoS

Mutt contains a flaw that may allow a remote denial of service. The issue is triggered when a specially crafted email is sent by an attacker, and will result in loss of availability for the program.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2009-04-23 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_67c052835d6211d880e30020ed76ef5a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2005-07-13 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2004-043-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-31 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2004-010.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-23 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2004-061.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2004-050.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
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