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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2874-1 (mutt - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Beatrice Torracca and Evgeni Golov discovered a buffer overflow in the mutt mailreader. Malformed RFC2047 header lines could result in denial of service or potentially the execution of arbitrary code.
Affected Software
Affected Software
mutt on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.20-9+squeeze3. For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.21-6.2+deb7u2. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.22-2. We recommend that you upgrade your mutt packages.