Overly broad permissions can turn one compromised account into a much larger security problem. Learn how to reduce unnecessary access, review privileges, and apply least privilege across modern Linux systems. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 521
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 521

SciLinux: Important Mutt Remote Code Injection & Execution SLSA-2018-2526-1

Calendar Aug 21, 2018 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
1 min read
Scientific Large Esm H446
Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory remote execution code injection Linux distribution mutt path traversal IMAP issue
mutt: Remote code injection vulnerability to an IMAP mailbox (CVE-2018-14354) * mutt: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters (CVE-2018-14357) * mutt: POP body caching path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2018-14362) SL6 x86_64 mutt-1.5.20-9.20091214hg736b6a.el6.x86_64.rpm mutt-debuginfo-1.5.20-9.20091214hg736b6a.el6.x86_64.rpm i386 mutt-1.5.20-9.20091214hg736b6a.el6.i68 [More...] 
Synopsis:          Important: mutt security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2018:2526-1
Issue Date:        2018-08-21
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2018-14354
                   CVE-2018-14362
                   CVE-2018-14357
--

Security Fix(es):

* mutt: Remote code injection vulnerability to an IMAP mailbox
(CVE-2018-14354)

* mutt: Remote Code Execution via backquote characters (CVE-2018-14357)

* mutt: POP body caching path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2018-14362)
--

SL6
  x86_64
    mutt-1.5.20-9.20091214hg736b6a.el6.x86_64.rpm
    mutt-debuginfo-1.5.20-9.20091214hg736b6a.el6.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    mutt-1.5.20-9.20091214hg736b6a.el6.i686.rpm
    mutt-debuginfo-1.5.20-9.20091214hg736b6a.el6.i686.rpm
SL7
  x86_64
    mutt-1.5.21-28.el7_5.x86_64.rpm
    mutt-debuginfo-1.5.21-28.el7_5.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team