Security update for mutt fixing multiple CVEs including arbitrary command execution and buffer overflows
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"This update for mutt fixes the following issues :
Security issues fixed :
- bsc#1101428: Mutt 1.10.1 security release update.
- CVE-2018-14351: Fix imap/command.c that mishandles long
IMAP status mailbox literal count size (bsc#1101583).
- CVE-2018-14353: Fix imap_quote_string in imap/util.c
that has an integer underflow (bsc#1101581).
- CVE-2018-14362: Fix pop.c that does not forbid
characters that may have unsafe interaction with
message-cache pathnames (bsc#1101567).
- CVE-2018-14354: Fix arbitrary command execution from
remote IMAP servers via backquote characters
(bsc#1101578).
- CVE-2018-14352: Fix imap_quote_string in imap/util.c
that does not leave room for quote characters
(bsc#1101582).
- CVE-2018-14356: Fix pop.c that mishandles a zero-length
UID (bsc#1101576).
- CVE-2018-14355: Fix imap/util.c that mishandles '..'
directory traversal in a mailbox name (bsc#1101577).
- CVE-2018-14349: Fix imap/command.c that mishandles a NO
response without a message (bsc#1101589).
- CVE-2018-14350: Fix imap/message.c that has a
stack-based buffer overflow for a FETCH response with
along INTERNALDATE field (bsc#1101588).
- CVE-2018-14363: Fix newsrc.c that does not
properlyrestrict '/' characters that may have unsafe
interaction with cache pathnames (bsc#1101566).
- CVE-2018-14359: Fix buffer overflow via base64 data
(bsc#1101570).
- CVE-2018-14358: Fix imap/message.c that has a
stack-based buffer overflow for a FETCH response with
along RFC822.SIZE field (bsc#1101571).
- CVE-2018-14360: Fix nntp_add_group in newsrc.c that has
a stack-based buffer overflow because of incorrect
sscanf usage (bsc#1101569).
- CVE-2018-14357: Fix that remote IMAP servers are allowed
to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters
(bsc#1101573).
- CVE-2018-14361: Fix that nntp.c proceeds even if memory
allocation fails for messages data (bsc#1101568).
Bug fixes :
- mutt reports as neomutt and incorrect version
(bsc#1094717)
- No sidebar available in mutt 1.6.1 from Tumbleweed
snapshot 20160517 (bsc#980830)
- mutt-1.6.1 unusable when built with --enable-sidebar
(bsc#982129)
- (neo)mutt displaying times in Zulu time (bsc#1061343)
- mutt unconditionally segfaults when displaying a message
(bsc#986534)
- For openSUSE Leap 42.3, retain split of -lang and -doc
(boo#1120935)
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.");
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include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
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