CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.0%
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Mutt, a text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading, potentially leading to code execution, denial of service or information disclosure when connecting to a malicious mail/NNTP server.
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4277. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(111986);
script_version("1.5");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/08/16");
script_cve_id(
"CVE-2018-14349",
"CVE-2018-14350",
"CVE-2018-14351",
"CVE-2018-14352",
"CVE-2018-14353",
"CVE-2018-14354",
"CVE-2018-14355",
"CVE-2018-14356",
"CVE-2018-14357",
"CVE-2018-14358",
"CVE-2018-14359",
"CVE-2018-14360",
"CVE-2018-14361",
"CVE-2018-14362",
"CVE-2018-14363"
);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4277");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4277-1 : mutt - security update");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Mutt, a text-based
mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading, potentially
leading to code execution, denial of service or information disclosure
when connecting to a malicious mail/NNTP server.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=904051");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mutt");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/mutt");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the mutt packages.
For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 1.7.2-1+deb9u1.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-14362");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/08/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/08/20");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mutt");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"mutt", reference:"1.7.2-1+deb9u1")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14349
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14350
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14351
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14352
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14353
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14354
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14355
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14356
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14357
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14358
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14359
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14360
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14361
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14362
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14363
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=904051
packages.debian.org/source/stretch/mutt
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mutt
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
86.0%