1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5392-1

USN-5392-1: Mutt vulnerabilities

Publication date

28 April 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Mutt.

Releases

Packages

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

Details

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-32055)

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain input.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash,
or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1328)

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-32055)

It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain input.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash,
or expose sensitive information. (CVE-2022-1328)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.04 jammy mutt –  2.1.4-1ubuntu1.1
21.10 impish mutt –  2.0.5-4.1ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal mutt –  1.13.2-1ubuntu0.5
18.04 bionic mutt –  1.9.4-3ubuntu0.6
16.04 xenial mutt-patched –  1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6+esm2  
mutt –  1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6+esm2  

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