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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-4401-1 Critical: Mutt MITM Threats

Several security issues were fixed in Mutt.. =========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4401-1 June 22, 2020 mutt vulnerabilities ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS - Ubuntu 19.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 12.04 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 enable MITM attacks. (CVE-2020-14093) It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to proceeds with a connection even if the user rejects an expired intermediate certificate. (CVE-2020-14154) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: mutt 1.13.2-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 19.10: mutt 1.10.1-2.1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: mutt 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: mutt 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.3 Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: mutt 1.5.21-5ubuntu2.4 After a standard system update you need to restart mutt to make all the necessary changes. References: CVE-2020-14093, CVE-2020-14154 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/1.13.2-1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/1.10.1-2.1ubuntu0.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/1.9.4-3ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mutt/1.5.24-1ubuntu0.3 . Multiple vulnerabilities were addressed in Mutt, impacting various versions of Ubuntu and necessitating updates for improved security.. Ubuntu Security Notice, Mutt Update, MITM Threats, Security Issues, UbuntuVulnerabilities. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jun 22, 2020 •Critical Ubuntu