USN-3719-3

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    USN-3719-3

    Published: 28 Sept 2018Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: mutt vulnerabilities

    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)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mutt

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2

    Affected versions

    1.5.23-3.1ubuntu1
    1.5.23-3.1ubuntu2
    1.5.24-1
    1.5.24-1build1
    1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High