PT-2006-4137 · Mutt+1 · Mutt+1

Takahashi Tamotsu · Published 2006-06-27 · Updated 2018-10-18 · CVE-2006-3242

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mutt versions 1.4.2.1 and earlier

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in the browse get namespace function, which can be triggered by remote attackers sending long namespaces from an IMAP server. This can cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, or potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions 1.4.2.1 and earlier, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as no specific fix is provided for these versions. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-3242

DSA-1108

RHSA-2006:0577

RHSA-2006_0577

Affected Products

Mutt

Red Hat

References · 36

• https://usn.ubuntu.com/307-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-3242 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20810 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1108 · Vendor Advisory
• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060701-01-U · Vendor Advisory
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.472221 · Vendor Advisory
• http://trustix.org/errata/2006/0038 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3242 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3242 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3242 · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-27.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0577.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_16_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.013-mutt.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:115 · Vendor Advisory