SUSE: 2020:14552-1 Critical: Mutt Lack of Encryption Risk
suse
November 30, 2020
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available
Summary
This update for mutt fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-28896: incomplete connection termination could lead to sending credentials over unencrypted connections (bsc#1179035) - Avoid that message with a million tiny parts can freeze MUA for several minutes (bsc#1179113) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp4-mutt-14551=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-mutt-14551=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-mutt-14551=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:
References
#1179035 #1179113
Cross- CVE-2020-28896
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28896.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179035
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179113
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14551-1
Rating: important
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