Mutt, Neomutt: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202007-57

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mutt and Neomutt, the worst of which could result in an access restriction bypass.

Affected packages

mail-client/mutt on all architectures
Affected versions < 1.14.4
Unaffected versions >= 1.14.4
mail-client/neomutt on all architectures
Affected versions < 20200619
Unaffected versions >= 20200619

Background

Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based mail client.

NeoMutt is a command line mail reader (or MUA). It’s a fork of Mutt with added features.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mutt and Neomutt. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Mutt users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mutt-1.14.4"
 

All Neomutt users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/neomutt-20200619"
 

References

Release date
July 28, 2020

Latest revision
July 28, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries