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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5392-1 Moderate Mutt Info Exposure and Crash Bug

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Several security issues were fixed in Mutt.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5392-1
April 28, 2022

mutt vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 21.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Mutt.

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

Details:

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-32055)

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain input.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash,
or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1328)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  mutt                            2.1.4-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 21.10:
  mutt                            2.0.5-4.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  mutt                            1.13.2-1ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  mutt                            1.9.4-3ubuntu0.6

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  mutt                            1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6+esm2
  mutt-patched                    1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6+esm2

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

References:
  
  CVE-2021-32055, CVE-2022-1328

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/2.1.4-1ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/2.0.5-4.1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/1.13.2-1ubuntu0.5
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/1.9.4-3ubuntu0.6

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5392-1 Moderate Mutt Info Exposure and Crash Bug

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Issues with Mutt addressed in recent Ubuntu updates. Learn about the specifics and suggested measures for each impacted version.
Several security issues were fixed in Mutt.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: mutt 2.1.4-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 21.10: mutt 2.0.5-4.1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: mutt 1.13.2-1ubuntu0.5 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: mutt 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.6 Ubuntu 16.04 ESM: mutt 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6+esm2 mutt-patched 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6+esm2 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2021-32055, CVE-2022-1328

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April 28, 2022

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/2.1.4-1ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/2.0.5-4.1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/1.13.2-1ubuntu0.5 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/1.9.4-3ubuntu0.6

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