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Gentoo: GLSA-202007-57 Normal Severity: Mutt Neomutt Issues

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Calendar Grey July 28, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several access limitation vulnerabilities in Mutt and Neomutt necessitate updates for Gentoo users. Refer to the security advisory for further information.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mutt and Neomutt, the worst of which could result in an access restriction bypass.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo multiple issues Mutt normal severity access restriction Neomutt

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

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-14093 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14093 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-14154 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14154 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-14954 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14954

Availability

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

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo multiple issues Mutt normal severity access restriction Neomutt

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.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 mail-client/mutt < 1.14.4 >= 1.14.4 2 mail-client/neomutt < 20200619 >= 20200619 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 affected packages

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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