USN-3719-3: Mutt vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• mutt - text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading

Details

USN-3719-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Mutt. Unfortunately, the fixes were
not correctly applied to the packaging for Mutt in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.
This update corrects the oversight.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

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)

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04

• mutt - 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2
• mutt-patched - 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2

After a standard system update you need to restart mutt to make all the
necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2018-14350
• CVE-2018-14352
• CVE-2018-14354
• CVE-2018-14359
• CVE-2018-14358
• CVE-2018-14353
• CVE-2018-14357
• CVE-2018-14355
• CVE-2018-14356
• CVE-2018-14351
• CVE-2018-14362
• CVE-2018-14349
• https://launchpad.net/bugs/1794278

Related notices

• USN-3719-2: mutt-patched, mutt
• USN-3719-1: mutt-patched, mutt