USN-5392-1: Mutt vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 21.10
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

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)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04

• mutt - 2.1.4-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 21.10

• mutt - 2.0.5-4.1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• mutt - 1.13.2-1ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 18.04

• mutt - 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.6

Ubuntu 16.04

• mutt-patched - 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6+esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro
• mutt - 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.6+esm2
  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References

• CVE-2022-1328
• CVE-2021-32055