Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20149116000
Revision Date:2014-12-02Version:1
Title:CVE-2014-9116 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
Description:The write_one_header function in mutt 1.5.23 does not properly handle newline characters at the beginning of a header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a header with an empty body, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow in the mutt_substrdup function.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2014-9116
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND The 'mutt' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.5.21-5ubuntu2.2').
  • BACK