GLSA 202007-57: Mutt, Neomutt: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Mutt, Neomutt: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	07/28/2020
Bugs:	#728294, #728302, #728708
ID:	202007-57

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mutt and Neomutt, the worst of which could result in an access restriction bypass.

Background

Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based mail client.

NeoMutt is a command line mail reader (or MUA). It’s a fork of Mutt with added features.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
mail-client/neomutt	< 20200619	>= 20200619	All supported architectures
mail-client/mutt	< 1.14.4	>= 1.14.4	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mutt and Neomutt. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Mutt users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mutt-1.14.4"

All Neomutt users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/neomutt-20200619"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202007-57.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.