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Ubuntu 23.10 USN-6374-2 Moderate: Mutt Denial Of Service Threat Identified

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Calendar Grey October 19, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The recent Mutt update for Ubuntu 23.10 tackles critical vulnerabilities that could lead to crashes caused by specially designed input attacks.
Mutt could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

Mutt could be made to crash if it received specially crafted

input.

Software Description:

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

Details:

USN-6374-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Mutt. This update provides the

corresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.10.

Original advisory details:

 It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain email header

 contents. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted message,

 a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of

 service. (CVE-2023-4874, CVE-2023-4875)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service update Ubuntu input validation Mutt

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
   mutt                            2.2.9-1ubuntu0.23.10.1

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

References

  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6374-2

 

  CVE-2023-4874, CVE-2023-4875

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6374-2

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service update Ubuntu input validation Mutt

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/2.2.9-1ubuntu0.23.10.1

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