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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.69864
Category:Fedora Local Security Checks
Title:Fedora Core 14 FEDORA-2011-7751 (mutt)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to mutt
announced via advisory FEDORA-2011-7751.

Update Information:

This is an update that fixes a hostname verification of x.509 certificates and a segmentation fault during reading message headers.

References:

[ 1 ] Bug #688755 - CVE-2011-1429 mutt: improper verification of X.509 certificates can lead to MITM attacks on SMTP SSL connections
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=688755

Solution: Apply the appropriate updates.

This update can be installed with the yum update program. Use
su -c 'yum update mutt' at the command line.
For more information, refer to Managing Software with yum,
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=FEDORA-2011-7751

Risk factor : High

CVSS Score:
5.8

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1429
BugTraq ID: 46803
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46803
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061353.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061356.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061461.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Mar/87
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0959.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44937
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8143
XForce ISS Database: mutt-smtptls-weak-security(66015)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66015
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