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GLSA-202105-05 : Mutt, NeoMutt: Denial of service

2021-05-2700:00:00
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glsa-202105-05
mutt
neomutt
denial of service
imap
remote attacker
vulnerability
gentoo
security advisory

CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

9.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

AI Score

9.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

60.8%

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202105-05 (Mutt, NeoMutt: Denial of service)

It was discovered that Mutt, and NeoMutt did not properly handle certain       situations where an IMAP sequence set ends with a comma.

Impact :

A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious IMAP       server to cause a Denial of Service condition, or other unspecified       impacts.

Workaround :

There is no known workaround at this time.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202105-05.
#
# The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
# and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
# license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(150007);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/01/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2021-32055");
  script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"202105-05");

  script_name(english:"GLSA-202105-05 : Mutt, NeoMutt: Denial of service");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis",
    value:
"The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
patches."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description",
    value:
"The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202105-05
(Mutt, NeoMutt: Denial of service)

    It was discovered that Mutt, and NeoMutt did not properly handle certain
      situations where an IMAP sequence set ends with a comma.
  
Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to connect to a malicious IMAP
      server to cause a Denial of Service condition, or other unspecified
      impacts.
  
Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-05"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution",
    value:
"All Mutt users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/mutt-2.0.7'
    All NeoMutt users should upgrade to the latest version:
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/neomutt-20210205-r1'"
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/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:N/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-2021-32055");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:mutt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:neomutt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/05/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/05/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/05/27");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("qpkg.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (qpkg_check(package:"mail-client/mutt", unaffected:make_list("ge 2.0.7"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.0.7"))) flag++;
if (qpkg_check(package:"mail-client/neomutt", unaffected:make_list("ge 20210205-r1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 20210205-r1"))) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = qpkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "Mutt / NeoMutt");
}

CVSS2

5.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

9.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

AI Score

9.1

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

60.8%