MGASA-2018-0447 - Updated mutt packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 15 Nov 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0447.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-14349,
     CVE-2018-14350,
     CVE-2018-14351,
     CVE-2018-14352,
     CVE-2018-14353,
     CVE-2018-14354,
     CVE-2018-14355,
     CVE-2018-14356,
     CVE-2018-14357,
     CVE-2018-14358,
     CVE-2018-14359,
     CVE-2018-14360,
     CVE-2018-14361,
     CVE-2018-14362,
     CVE-2018-14363

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests. An
attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2018-14350,
CVE-2018-14352, CVE-2018-14354, CVE-2018-14359, CVE-2018-14358,
CVE-2018-14353 ,CVE-2018-14357).

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker
could possibly use this to access or expose sensitive information
(CVE-2018-14355, CVE-2018-14356, CVE-2018-14351, CVE-2018-14362,
CVE-2018-14349).

nntp_add_group in newsrc.c has a stack-based buffer overflow because of
incorrect sscanf usage (CVE-2018-14360).

nntp.c proceeds even if memory allocation fails for messages data
(CVE-2018-14361).

newsrc.c does not properlyrestrict '/' characters that may have unsafe
interaction with cache pathnames (CVE-2018-14363).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23345
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3719-1
- - https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14349
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14350
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14351
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14352
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14353
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14354
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14355
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14356
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14357
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14358
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14359
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14360
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14361
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14362
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14363

SRPMS:
- 6/core/mutt-1.10.1-1.1.mga6