Buffer Overflow Affecting mutt package, versions <5:2.0.7-2.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.31% (71st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-MUTT-4331119
  • published 18 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 14 Apr 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 mutt to version 5:2.0.7-2.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2022:7640.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mutt package and not the mutt package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer Overflow in uudecoder in Mutt affecting all versions starting from 0.94.13 before 2.2.3 allows read past end of input line

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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Red Hat

6.5 medium
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SUSE

5.5 medium