Security update for mutt

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14414-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-14093 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-14093 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-14154 ( SUSE ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
  • CVE-2020-14154 ( NVD ): 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
  • CVE-2020-14954 ( SUSE ): 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2020-14954 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4

An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for mutt fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2020-14954: Fixed a response injection due to a STARTTLS buffering issue which was affecting IMAP, SMTP, and POP3 (bsc#1173197).
  • CVE-2020-14093: Fixed a potential IMAP Man-in-the-Middle attack via a PREAUTH response (bsc#1172906, bsc#1172935).
  • CVE-2020-14154: Fixed an issue where Mutt was ignoring an expired certificate and was proceeding with a connection (bsc#1172906, bsc#1172935).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sleposp3-mutt-14414=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-mutt-14414=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-mutt-14414=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • mutt-1.5.17-42.51.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • mutt-1.5.17-42.51.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • mutt-1.5.17-42.51.1

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