CVE-2005-2642 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mutt (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-MUTT-604165
- published19 Aug 2020
- disclosed23 Aug 2005
Introduced: 23 Aug 2005
CVE-2005-2642 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:11.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mutt package and not the mutt package as distributed by Debian.
Buffer overflow in the mutt_decode_xbit function in Handler.c for Mutt 1.5.10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, possibly due to interactions with libiconv or gettext.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-2642
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14596
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408493
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/408501
- http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2005-08/0594.html
- http://www.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/Full-Disclosure/2005-08/0600.html
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.mail.mutt.devel/8379
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014729
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16485