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| <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> |
| <glsa id="201406-05"> |
| <title>Mutt: Arbitrary code execution</title> |
| <synopsis>A vulnerability in Mutt could allow remote attackers to execute |
| arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition. |
| </synopsis> |
| <product type="ebuild">mutt</product> |
| <announced>June 05, 2014</announced> |
| <revised>June 05, 2014: 1</revised> |
| <bug>504462</bug> |
| <access>remote</access> |
| <affected> |
| <package name="mail-client/mutt" auto="yes" arch="*"> |
| <unaffected range="ge">1.5.22-r3</unaffected> |
| <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.22-r3</vulnerable> |
| </package> |
| </affected> |
| <background> |
| <p>Mutt is a small but powerful text-based mail client. </p> |
| </background> |
| <description> |
| <p>A heap-based buffer overflow has been discovered in the mutt_copy_hdr |
| function. |
| </p> |
| </description> |
| <impact type="high"> |
| <p>A remote attacker could send a specially crafted message, possibly |
| resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user |
| running Mutt or a Denial of Service condition. |
| </p> |
| </impact> |
| <workaround> |
| <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> |
| </workaround> |
| <resolution> |
| <p>All Mutt users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> |
| |
| <code> |
| # emerge --sync |
| # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mutt-1.5.22-r3" |
| </code> |
| |
| </resolution> |
| <references> |
| <uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0467">CVE-2014-0467</uri> |
| </references> |
| <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Tue, 20 May 2014 03:40:42 +0000"> |
| BlueKnight |
| </metadata> |
| <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 05 Jun 2014 00:18:36 +0000"> |
| creffett |
| </metadata> |
| </glsa> |