SB2014031401 - Buffer overflow in Mutt
Published: March 14, 2014 Updated: July 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014031401
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0467)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Buffer overflow in copy.c in Mutt before 1.5.23 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted RFC2047 header line, related to address expansion.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00083.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00085.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0304.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2874
- http://www.mutt.org/doc/devel/ChangeLog
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66165
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029919
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2147-1