USN-2440-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2440-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2440-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-2440-1

Related

Published

2014-12-11T20:01:29.543731Z

Modified

2014-12-11T20:01:29.543731Z

Summary

mutt vulnerability

Details

Jakub Wilk discovered that the writeoneheader function in mutt did not properly handle newline characters at the beginning of a header. An attacker could specially craft an email to cause mutt to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / mutt

Package

Name: mutt
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mutt?arch=src?distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.5.21-6.4ubuntu1

1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "mutt"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "mutt-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.1",
            "binary_name": "mutt-patched"
        }
    ]
}