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Debian 9: DLA-2999-1 Critical: Mutt Input Handling Issue

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Calendar Grey May 10, 2022
Scroller Debian Lts
An enhancement patch for Mutt to address input processing vulnerabilities that may lead to unintentional data exposure or application instability.
It was discovered that Mutt, a text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading, incorrectly handled certain input
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security advisory critical debian information exposure mutt email client input handling

Summary

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version
1.7.2-1+deb9u6.

We recommend that you upgrade your mutt packages.

For the detailed security status of mutt please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mutt

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: mutt
Version: 1.7.2-1+deb9u6
CVE ID: CVE-2022-1328
Debian Bug: 1009734

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security advisory critical debian information exposure mutt email client input handling

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