Arbitrary Command Injection Affecting mutt package, versions <5:1.5.21-29.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.31% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-MUTT-3160153
  • published7 Dec 2022
  • disclosed21 Jun 2020

Introduced: 21 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-14954  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-77  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 mutt to version 5:1.5.21-29.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1892.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mutt package and not the mutt package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mutt before 1.14.4 and NeoMutt before 2020-06-19 have a STARTTLS buffering issue that affects IMAP, SMTP, and POP3. When a server sends a "begin TLS" response, the client reads additional data (e.g., from a man-in-the-middle attacker) and evaluates it in a TLS context, aka "response injection."

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1