Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting mutt package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-MUTT-8380972
  • published 14 Nov 2024
  • disclosed 11 Nov 2024

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 mutt.

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.

In neomutt and mutt, the To and Cc email headers are not validated by cryptographic signing which allows an attacker that intercepts a message to change their value and include himself as a one of the recipients to compromise message confidentiality.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

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

7.4 high