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Mageia: Advisory MGASA-2018-0447 Moderate: Mutt Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey November 15, 2018
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Mageia advisory MGASA-2018-0448 relates to a significant update for vim that tackles severe vulnerabilities. Refer to the official documentation for further information and remedies.
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests

Summary

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2018-14350, CVE-2018-14352, CVE-2018-14354, CVE-2018-14359, CVE-2018-14358, CVE-2018-14353 ,CVE-2018-14357).
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to access or expose sensitive information (CVE-2018-14355, CVE-2018-14356, CVE-2018-14351, CVE-2018-14362, CVE-2018-14349).
nntp_add_group in newsrc.c has a stack-based buffer overflow because of incorrect sscanf usage (CVE-2018-14360).
nntp.c proceeds even if memory allocation fails for messages data (CVE-2018-14361).
newsrc.c does not properlyrestrict '/' characters that may have unsafe interaction with cache pathnames (CVE-2018-14363).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23345

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3719-1

- - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14349

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14350

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14351

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14352

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14353

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14354

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14355

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14356

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14357

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14358

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14359

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14360

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14361

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14362

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14363

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow code execution Mageia sensitive info exposure

Resolution

SRPMS

- 6/core/mutt-1.10.1-1.1.mga6

Publication date: 15 Nov 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0447.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-14349, CVE-2018-14350, CVE-2018-14351, CVE-2018-14352, CVE-2018-14353, CVE-2018-14354, CVE-2018-14355, CVE-2018-14356, CVE-2018-14357, CVE-2018-14358, CVE-2018-14359, CVE-2018-14360, CVE-2018-14361, CVE-2018-14362, CVE-2018-14363

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update buffer overflow code execution Mageia sensitive info exposure

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