Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:13076Remote Code Execution (RCE)
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
mutt is vulnerable to remote code execution (RCE) attacks. The vulnerability exists as an issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with a manual subscription or unsubscription.
References
www.mutt.org/news.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104925
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526
access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/95e80bf9ff10f68cb6443f760b85df4117cb15eb
gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/185152818541f5cdc059cbff3f3e8b654fc27c1d
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07
usn.ubuntu.com/3719-1/
usn.ubuntu.com/3719-2/
usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/
www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
Related
9.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P