Vulnerabilities > CVE-2014-0467 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
mutt
opensuse
CWE-119
nessus
NVD
Published: 2014-03-14
Updated: 2018-10-30

Summary

Buffer overflow in copy.c in Mutt before 1.5.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted RFC2047 header line, related to address expansion.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Mutt
24
OS
Opensuse
3

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DLA-100.NASL
    descriptionA flaw was discovered in mutt, a text-based mailreader. A specially crafted mail header could cause mutt to crash, leading to a denial of service condition. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2015-03-26
    plugin id82084
    published2015-03-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/82084
    titleDebian DLA-100-1 : mutt security update
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-100-1. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(82084);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0467");
  script_bugtraq_id(66165);

  script_name(english:"Debian DLA-100-1 : mutt security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated packages.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A flaw was discovered in mutt, a text-based mailreader. A specially
crafted mail header could cause mutt to crash, leading to a denial of
service condition.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description
block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted
to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without
introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2014/12/msg00003.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/mutt"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Upgrade the affected mutt, mutt-dbg, and mutt-patched packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C");
  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:debian:debian_linux:mutt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mutt-dbg");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mutt-patched");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/12/05");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2015/03/26");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2015-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  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:"6.0", prefix:"mutt", reference:"1.5.20-9+squeeze4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"mutt-dbg", reference:"1.5.20-9+squeeze4")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"mutt-patched", reference:"1.5.20-9+squeeze4")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
  • NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
    NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-2874.NASL
    descriptionBeatrice Torracca and Evgeni Golov discovered a buffer overflow in the mutt mailreader. Malformed RFC2047 header lines could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-03-14
    plugin id72989
    published2014-03-14
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72989
    titleDebian DSA-2874-1 : mutt - security update
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2874. The text 
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(72989);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0467");
  script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2874");

  script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2874-1 : mutt - security update");
  script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Beatrice Torracca and Evgeni Golov discovered a buffer overflow in the
mutt mailreader. Malformed RFC2047 header lines could result in denial
of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=708731"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/mutt"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/mutt"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2874"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:
"Upgrade the mutt packages.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed
in version 1.5.20-9+squeeze3.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.5.21-6.2+deb7u2."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

  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:6.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/03/12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/03/14");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  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:"6.0", prefix:"mutt", reference:"1.5.20-9+squeeze3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"mutt-dbg", reference:"1.5.20-9+squeeze3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"mutt-patched", reference:"1.5.20-9+squeeze3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"mutt", reference:"1.5.21-6.2+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"mutt-dbg", reference:"1.5.21-6.2+deb7u2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"mutt-patched", reference:"1.5.21-6.2+deb7u2")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2014-246.NASL
    descriptionThe mailreader mutt was updated to fix a crash in header view that could be triggered by malformed e-mails and potentially be used to execute code.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-06-13
    plugin id75304
    published2014-06-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/75304
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : mutt (openSUSE-SU-2014:0434-1)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-2014-246.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(75304);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/06/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0467");
  script_bugtraq_id(66165);

  script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : mutt (openSUSE-SU-2014:0434-1)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the openSUSE-2014-246 patch");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"The mailreader mutt was updated to fix a crash in header view that
could be triggered by malformed e-mails and potentially be used to
execute code."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=868115"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00083.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mutt packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C");
  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:novell:opensuse:mutt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mutt-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mutt-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/03/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/06/13");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


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

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
if (release !~ "^(SUSE12\.3|SUSE13\.1)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "12.3 / 13.1", release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);

flag = 0;

if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.3", reference:"mutt-1.5.21-36.4.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.3", reference:"mutt-debuginfo-1.5.21-36.4.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE12.3", reference:"mutt-debugsource-1.5.21-36.4.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"mutt-1.5.21-41.4.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"mutt-debuginfo-1.5.21-41.4.1") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE13.1", reference:"mutt-debugsource-1.5.21-41.4.1") ) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mutt");
}
  • NASL familyAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idALA_ALAS-2014-310.NASL
    descriptionA heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way mutt processed certain email headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send an email with specially crafted headers that, when processed, could cause mutt to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running mutt. (CVE-2014-0467)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id73229
    published2014-03-28
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/73229
    titleAmazon Linux AMI : mutt (ALAS-2014-310)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Amazon Linux AMI Security Advisory ALAS-2014-310.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(73229);
  script_version("1.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/04/18 15:09:35");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0467");
  script_xref(name:"ALAS", value:"2014-310");
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2014:0304");

  script_name(english:"Amazon Linux AMI : mutt (ALAS-2014-310)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way mutt processed
certain email headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send
an email with specially crafted headers that, when processed, could
cause mutt to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the
permissions of the user running mutt. (CVE-2014-0467)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-310.html"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Run 'yum update mutt' to update your system."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/03/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/03/28");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");

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

  exit(0);
}


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


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

release = get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/release");
if (isnull(release) || !strlen(release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^AL(A|\d)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Amazon Linux");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (os_ver != "A")
{
  if (os_ver == 'A') os_ver = 'AMI';
  audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Amazon Linux AMI", "Amazon Linux " + os_ver);
}

if (!get_kb_item("Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"mutt-1.5.20-4.20091214hg736b6a.7.amzn1")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"ALA", reference:"mutt-debuginfo-1.5.20-4.20091214hg736b6a.7.amzn1")) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mutt / mutt-debuginfo");
}
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-6395.NASL
    descriptionfix build on s390 fix: CVE-2014-0467 heap-based buffer overflow when parsing certain headers Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-05-26
    plugin id74174
    published2014-05-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74174
    titleFedora 19 : mutt-1.5.23-2.fc19 (2014-6395)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Fedora Security Advisory 2014-6395.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(74174);
  script_version("1.4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-0467");
  script_bugtraq_id(66165);
  script_xref(name:"FEDORA", value:"2014-6395");

  script_name(english:"Fedora 19 : mutt-1.5.23-2.fc19 (2014-6395)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package.");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote Fedora host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"fix build on s390 fix: CVE-2014-0467 heap-based buffer overflow when
parsing certain headers

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1075860"
  );
  # https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/133677.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9f4f66a3"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected mutt package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C");
  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:fedoraproject:fedora:mutt");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:19");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2014/05/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/05/26");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"Fedora Local Security Checks");

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

  exit(0);
}


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

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Fedora" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora");
os_ver = eregmatch(pattern: "Fedora.*release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "Fedora");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! ereg(pattern:"^19([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Fedora 19.x", "Fedora " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Fedora", cpu);

flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"FC19", reference:"mutt-1.5.23-2.fc19")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "mutt");
}
  • NASL familySlackware Local Security Checks
    NASL idSLACKWARE_SSA_2014-071-01.NASL
    descriptionNew mutt packages are available for Slackware 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id72967
    published2014-03-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/72967
    titleSlackware 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / current : mutt (SSA:2014-071-01)
  • NASL familyUbuntu Local Security Checks
    NASL idUBUNTU_USN-2147-1.NASL
    descriptionBeatrice Torracca and Evgeni Golov discovered a buffer overflow in mutt while expanding addresses when parsing email headers. An attacker could specially craft an email to cause mutt to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking mutt. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2014-03-14
    plugin id73017
    published2014-03-14
    reporterUbuntu Security Notice (C) 2014-2020 Canonical, Inc. / NASL script (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/73017
    titleUbuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 / 13.10 : mutt vulnerability (USN-2147-1)
  • NASL familyRed Hat Local Security Checks
    NASL idREDHAT-RHSA-2014-0304.NASL
    descriptionAn updated mutt package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. Mutt is a text-mode mail user agent. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way mutt processed certain email headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send an email with specially crafted headers that, when processed, could cause mutt to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running mutt. (CVE-2014-0467) All mutt users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. All running instances of mutt must be restarted for this update to take effect.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id73071
    published2014-03-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/73071
    titleRHEL 6 : mutt (RHSA-2014:0304)
  • NASL familyOracle Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idORACLELINUX_ELSA-2014-0304.NASL
    descriptionFrom Red Hat Security Advisory 2014:0304 : An updated mutt package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. Mutt is a text-mode mail user agent. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way mutt processed certain email headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send an email with specially crafted headers that, when processed, could cause mutt to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running mutt. (CVE-2014-0467) All mutt users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. All running instances of mutt must be restarted for this update to take effect.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id73069
    published2014-03-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/73069
    titleOracle Linux 6 : mutt (ELSA-2014-0304)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201406-05.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201406-05 (Mutt: Arbitrary code execution) A heap-based buffer overflow has been discovered in the mutt_copy_hdr function. Impact : A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Mutt or a Denial of Service condition. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id74320
    published2014-06-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74320
    titleGLSA-201406-05 : Mutt: Arbitrary code execution
  • NASL familyScientific Linux Local Security Checks
    NASL idSL_20140317_MUTT_ON_SL6_X.NASL
    descriptionA heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way mutt processed certain email headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send an email with specially crafted headers that, when processed, could cause mutt to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running mutt. (CVE-2014-0467) All running instances of mutt must be restarted for this update to take effect.
    last seen2020-03-18
    modified2014-03-18
    plugin id73073
    published2014-03-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/73073
    titleScientific Linux Security Update : mutt on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20140317)
  • NASL familyCentOS Local Security Checks
    NASL idCENTOS_RHSA-2014-0304.NASL
    descriptionAn updated mutt package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having Important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section. Mutt is a text-mode mail user agent. A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way mutt processed certain email headers. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send an email with specially crafted headers that, when processed, could cause mutt to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running mutt. (CVE-2014-0467) All mutt users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue. All running instances of mutt must be restarted for this update to take effect.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id73062
    published2014-03-18
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/73062
    titleCentOS 6 : mutt (CESA-2014:0304)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-6408.NASL
    descriptionfix build on s390 fix: CVE-2014-0467 heap-based buffer overflow when parsing certain headers Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-05-19
    plugin id74050
    published2014-05-19
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/74050
    titleFedora 20 : mutt-1.5.23-2.fc20 (2014-6408)
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_EB426E82AB6811E39D09000C2980A9F3.NASL
    descriptionBeatrice Torracca and Evgeni Golov report : A buffer overflow has been discovered that could result in denial of service or potential execution of arbitrary code. This condition can be triggered by malformed RFC2047 header lines
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id73050
    published2014-03-17
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/73050
    titleFreeBSD : mutt -- denial of service, potential remote code execution (eb426e82-ab68-11e3-9d09-000c2980a9f3)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_MUTT-140317.NASL
    descriptionThe mailreader mutt was updated to fix a security issue in displaying mail headers, where a crafted e-mail could cause a heap overflow, which in turn might be used by attackers to crash mutt or potentially even execute code.
    last seen2020-06-05
    modified2014-04-02
    plugin id73297
    published2014-04-02
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/73297
    titleSuSE 11.3 Security Update : mutt (SAT Patch Number 9023)
  • NASL familyFedora Local Security Checks
    NASL idFEDORA_2014-5880.NASL
    descriptionfix: CVE-2014-0467 heap-based buffer overflow when parsing certain headers Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-03-17
    modified2014-05-07
    plugin id73898
    published2014-05-07
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2020 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/73898
    titleFedora 20 : mutt-1.5.23-1.fc20 (2014-5880)

Redhat

advisories
bugzilla
id1075860
titleCVE-2014-0467 mutt: heap-based buffer overflow when parsing certain headers
oval
OR
  • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
    ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20070304026
  • AND
    • commentRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is installed
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhba:tst:20111656003
    • commentmutt is earlier than 5:1.5.20-4.20091214hg736b6a.el6_5
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20140304001
    • commentmutt is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
      ovaloval:com.redhat.rhsa:tst:20110959002
rhsa
idRHSA-2014:0304
released2014-03-17
severityImportant
titleRHSA-2014:0304: mutt security update (Important)
rpms
  • mutt-5:1.5.20-4.20091214hg736b6a.el6_5
  • mutt-debuginfo-5:1.5.20-4.20091214hg736b6a.el6_5

Seebug

bulletinFamilyexploit
descriptionBugtraq ID:66165 CVE ID:CVE-2014-0467 Mutt是一款小型但功能强大的基于文本的MIME邮件客户端。 Mutt Mailreader处理畸形RFC2047头存在安全漏洞，允许攻击者利用漏洞提交恶意邮件，诱使应用程序解析，可使应用程序崩溃或执行任意代码。 0 Mutt 用户可参考如下厂商提供的安全公告获取补丁以修复该漏洞： https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=708731
idSSV:61838
last seen2017-11-19
modified2014-03-18
published2014-03-18
reporterRoot
titleMutt Mailreader 'mutt_copy_hdr()'堆缓冲区溢出漏洞

References