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authorV3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org>2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100
committerV3n3RiX <venerix@redcorelinux.org>2017-10-09 18:53:29 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201701-04">
+ <title>Mutt: Heap-based buffer overflow</title>
+ <synopsis>A heap-based buffer overflow in Mutt might allow remote attackers
+ to cause a Denial of Service condition.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">mutt</product>
+ <announced>2017-01-01</announced>
+ <revised>2017-01-01: 1</revised>
+ <bug>530842</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="mail-client/mutt" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">1.5.23-r5</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.23-r5</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based mail client.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in Mutt’s mutt_substrdup
+ function.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition.</p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All Mutt users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=mail-client/mutt-1.5.23-r5"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9116">CVE-2014-9116</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-01-01T11:02:45Z">b-man</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2017-01-01T15:05:18Z">b-man</metadata>
+</glsa>