MGASA-2024-0175 - Updated mutt packages fix security vulnerabilities

Publication date: 13 May 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0175.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2023-4874,
     CVE-2023-4875

Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt
>1.5.2 <2.2.12. (CVE-2023-4874)
Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft
message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12. (CVE-2023-4875)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33161
- https://lwn.net/Articles/971683/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4874
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4875

SRPMS:
- 9/core/mutt-2.2.10-1.1.mga9

Mageia 2024-0175: mutt Security Advisory Updates

Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12

Summary

Null pointer dereference when viewing a specially crafted email in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12. (CVE-2023-4874) Null pointer dereference when composing from a specially crafted draft message in Mutt >1.5.2 <2.2.12. (CVE-2023-4875)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33161

- https://lwn.net/Articles/971683/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4874

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4875

Resolution

MGASA-2024-0175 - Updated mutt packages fix security vulnerabilities

SRPMS

- 9/core/mutt-2.2.10-1.1.mga9

Severity
Publication date: 13 May 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0175.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-4874, CVE-2023-4875

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