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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4838-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                     Salvatore Bonaccorso
January 25, 2021                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : mutt
CVE ID         : CVE-2021-3181
Debian Bug     : 980326

Tavis Ormandy discovered a memory leak flaw in the rfc822 group recipient
parsing in Mutt, a text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and
threading, which could result in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.10.1-2.1+deb10u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your mutt packages.

For the detailed security status of mutt please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mutt

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-4838-1: mutt security update

January 25, 2021
Tavis Ormandy discovered a memory leak flaw in the rfc822 group recipient parsing in Mutt, a text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading, which could result in de...

Summary

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.10.1-2.1+deb10u5.

We recommend that you upgrade your mutt packages.

For the detailed security status of mutt please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mutt

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
Tavis Ormandy discovered a memory leak flaw in the rfc822 group recipient
parsing in Mutt, a text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and
threading, which could result in denial of service.

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