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

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January 25, 2021

Mutt could be made to denial of service if it received a specially crafted email message.

Summary

Mutt could be made to denial of service if it received a specially

crafted email message.

Software Description:

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

Details:

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain email messages.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

Topics Covered

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.