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Ubuntu 20.10: USN-4703-1 Moderate: Mutt Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey January 25, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Explore how to mitigate the Denial of Service risk in Mutt on Ubuntu 20.10 caused by specifically crafted email messages to ensure your security
Mutt could be made to denial of service if it received a specially crafted email message.

Summary

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security advisory moderate denial of service Ubuntu ubuntu mutt email issue

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.10: mutt 1.14.6-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: mutt 1.13.2-1ubuntu0.4 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: mutt 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.5 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: mutt 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2021-3181

January 25, 2021

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security advisory moderate denial of service Ubuntu ubuntu mutt email issue

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/1.14.6-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/1.13.2-1ubuntu0.4 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/1.9.4-3ubuntu0.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6

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