Gentoo: mutt arbitrary command execution vulnerability
By controlling a malicious IMAP server and providing a specially crafted folder, an attacker can crash the mail reader and possibly force execution of arbitrary commands on the vul...
Summary
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- From advisory:
"By controlling a malicious IMAP server and providing a specially crafted folder, an attacker can crash the mail reader and possibly force execution of arbitrary commands on the vulnerable system with the privileges of the user running Mutt."
Read the full advisory at:
SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running net-mail/mutt upgrade to mutt-1.4.1 as follows:
emerge sync emerge mutt emerge clean
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1.4.1
Resolution
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Availability
Concerns
Severity
PACKAGE : mutt
SUMMARY : buffer overflow
DATE : 2003-03-22 18:19 UTC
EXPLOIT : local
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <1.4.1 : fixed version>=1.4.1
CVE : CAN-2003-0140
Background
