Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting neomutt package, versions <20191207+dfsg.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.31% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-NEOMUTT-1139670
  • published17 Dec 2024
  • disclosed21 Jun 2020

Introduced: 21 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-14954  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 neomutt to version 20191207+dfsg.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream neomutt package and not the neomutt package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 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