Mutt up to 1.5.20 Patch 6 Temp File Request exposure of resource

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Mutt up to 1.5.20 Patch 6. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Temp File Handler. Such manipulation as part of Request leads to exposure of resource. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2005-2351. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Mutt up to 1.5.20 Patch 6 (Mail Client Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Temp File Handler. The manipulation as part of a Request leads to a exposure of resource vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-668. The product exposes a resource to the wrong control sphere, providing unintended actors with inappropriate access to the resource. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Mutt before 1.5.20 patch 7 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service via a series of requests to mutt temporary files.

The weakness was released 11/01/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2351 since 07/22/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying the patch Patch 6 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Exposure of resource
CWE: CWE-668 / CWE-200 / CWE-284
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

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Patch: Patch 6

Timelineinfo

07/22/2005 🔍
11/01/2019 +5215 days 🔍
11/02/2019 +1 days 🔍
02/01/2024 +1552 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.debian.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-2351 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2351
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-144776

Entryinfo

Created: 11/02/2019 16:17
Updated: 02/01/2024 15:00
Changes: 11/02/2019 16:17 (37), 11/02/2019 16:22 (18), 02/01/2024 15:00 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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