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Mandriva Update for mutt MDVSA-2012:048 (mutt)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'mutt' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
A vulnerability has been found and corrected in mutt: Mutt does not verify that the smtps server hostname matches the domain name of the subject of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof an SSL SMTP server via an arbitrary certificate, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3766 (CVE-2011-1429). The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected Software
Affected Software
mutt on Mandriva Linux 2011.0, Mandriva Linux 2010.1
Solution
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.