mutt vulnerabilities

2023-10-1916:51:06

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osv.dev

mutt

update

email header

vulnerabilities

denial of service

ubuntu

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

7.2

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

27.5%

JSON

USN-6374-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Mutt. This update provides the
corresponding updates for Ubuntu 23.10.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain email header
contents. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted message,
a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2023-4874, CVE-2023-4875)