Ubuntu 20.10: USN-4645-1 Moderate Security Issue in Mutt Revealed

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November 25, 2020

Mutt could be made to expose sensitive information.

Summary

Mutt could be made to expose sensitive information.

Software Description:

- mutt: text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading

Details:

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain connections.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update Ubuntu information exposure sensitive information Mutt

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 20.10:
  mutt                            1.14.6-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  mutt                            1.13.2-1ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  mutt                            1.9.4-3ubuntu0.4

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  mutt                            1.5.24-1ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
  mutt                            1.5.21-5ubuntu2.6

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.