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gentooGentoo FoundationGLSA-201406-05
HistoryJun 05, 2014 - 12:00 a.m.

Mutt: Arbitrary code execution

2014-06-0500:00:00
Gentoo Foundation
security.gentoo.org
12

0.039 Low

EPSS

Percentile

91.9%

Background

Mutt is a small but powerful text-based mail client.

Description

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.

Resolution

All Mutt users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mutt-1.5.22-r3"
OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyallmail-client/mutt<Β 1.5.22-r3UNKNOWN