CVE-2018-14355
published 2018-07-17CVE-2018-14355: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/util.c mishandles ".." directory traversal in a mailbox name.
PriorityP430medium5.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCLINAN
EPSS
3.32%
87.2th percentile
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/util.c mishandles ".." directory traversal in a mailbox name.
Affected
23 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | mutt | < mutt 1.10.1-1 (bookworm) | mutt 1.10.1-1 (bookworm) |
| debian | neomutt | < mutt 1.10.1-1 (bookworm) | mutt 1.10.1-1 (bookworm) |
| mutt | mutt | < 1.10.1 | 1.10.1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.10.1-1 | 1.10.1-1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.10.1-1 | 1.10.1-1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.10.1-1 | 1.10.1-1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.10.1-1 | 1.10.1-1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2 | 1.5.21-6.4ubuntu2.2 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2 | 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1 | 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1 | 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | < 20180716 | 20180716 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20180716+dfsg.1-1 | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20180716+dfsg.1-1 | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20180716+dfsg.1-1 | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20180716+dfsg.1-1 | 20180716+dfsg.1-1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 20171215+dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20191207+dfsg.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 20191207+dfsg.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20211029+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 20211029+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20231103+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 20231103+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv9.8CRITICAL
vendor_ubuntu9.8CRITICAL
vendor_debian5.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.3MEDIUM
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OSV
neomutt vulnerabilities
osv·2025-01-15·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14349 [CRITICAL] neomutt vulnerabilities
neomutt vulnerabilities
Jeriko One discovered that NeoMutt incorrectly handled certain IMAP
and POP3 responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause NeoMutt to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
the execution of arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-14349, CVE-2018-14350, CVE-2018-14351,
CVE-2018-14352, CVE-2018-14353, CVE-2018-14354, CVE-2018-14355,
CVE-2018-14356, CVE-2018-14357, CVE-2018-14358, CVE-2018-14359,
CVE-2018-14362)
Jeriko One discovered that NeoMutt incorrectly handled certain
NNTP-related operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause NeoMutt to crash, resulting in denial of service, or
the execution of arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-14360, CVE-2018-14361, CVE-2018-1
GHSA
GHSA-m3pf-cr3h-p92g: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2018-14355 [MEDIUM] CWE-22 GHSA-m3pf-cr3h-p92g: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/util.c mishandles ".." directory traversal in a mailbox name.
OSV
mutt vulnerabilities
osv·2018-09-28·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14350 [CRITICAL] mutt vulnerabilities
mutt vulnerabilities
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)
OSV
mutt vulnerabilities
osv·2018-07-23·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14350 [CRITICAL] mutt vulnerabilities
mutt vulnerabilities
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)
OSV
CVE-2018-14355: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1
osv·2018-07-17·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-14355 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-14355: An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/util.c mishandles ".." directory traversal in a mailbox name.
Ubuntu
NeoMutt vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2025-01-15·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14361 [CRITICAL] NeoMutt vulnerabilities
Title: NeoMutt vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in NeoMutt.
Jeriko One discovered that NeoMutt incorrectly handled certain IMAP
and POP3 responses. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause NeoMutt to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
the execution of arbitrary code. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-14349, CVE-2018-14350, CVE-2018-14351,
CVE-2018-14352, CVE-2018-14353, CVE-2018-14354, CVE-2018-14355,
CVE-2018-14356, CVE-2018-14357, CVE-2018-14358, CVE-2018-14359,
CVE-2018-14362)
Jeriko One discovered that NeoMutt incorrectly handled certain
NNTP-related operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause NeoMutt to crash, resulting in denial of service, or
the execution of arbitrary code. This issue only affect
Ubuntu
Mutt vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-09-28·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14350 [CRITICAL] Mutt vulnerabilities
Title: Mutt vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Mutt.
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)
Instru
Ubuntu
Mutt vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-07-23·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14349 [CRITICAL] Mutt vulnerabilities
Title: Mutt vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Mutt.
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)
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart mutt to make all the
necessary changes.
Ubuntu
Mutt vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2018-07-23·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14349 [CRITICAL] Mutt vulnerabilities
Title: Mutt vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Mutt.
USN-3719-1 fixed a vulnerability in Mutt. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
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)
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart mutt to make
all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
mutt: IMAP header caching path traversal vulnerability
vendor_redhat·2018-07-16·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-14355 [MEDIUM] CWE-22 mutt: IMAP header caching path traversal vulnerability
mutt: IMAP header caching path traversal vulnerability
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/util.c mishandles ".." directory traversal in a mailbox name.
Package: mutt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: mutt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: mutt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-14355: mutt - An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. ima...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-14355 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-14355: mutt - An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. ima...
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/util.c mishandles ".." directory traversal in a mailbox name.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.10.1-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.10.1-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.10.1-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.10.1-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.10.1-1)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14355 mutt: IMAP header caching path traversal vulnerability
bugzilla·2018-07-17·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-14355 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-14355 mutt: IMAP header caching path traversal vulnerability
CVE-2018-14355 mutt: IMAP header caching path traversal vulnerability
A flaw was found in mutt before 1.10.1. There is a path traversal flaw in IMAP header caching.
References:
http://www.mutt.org/news.html
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/blob/master/ChangeLog
Discussion:
Created attachment 1459537
upstream patch
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Created mutt tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1602082]
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Upstream Patch:
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/31eef6c766f47df8281942d19f76e35f475c781d
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Setting rhel-6 as wontfix and closing tracker. Our policy specifies that we may not fix moderate flaws for rhel-6.
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Via RHSA-2020:1126 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1126
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This bug
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14354 CVE-2018-14355 CVE-2018-14362 mutt: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-07-17·CVSS 9.8
CVE-2018-14354 [CRITICAL] CVE-2018-14354 CVE-2018-14355 CVE-2018-14362 mutt: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-14354 CVE-2018-14355 CVE-2018-14362 mutt: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions
http://www.mutt.org/news.htmlhttps://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/57971dba06346b2d7179294f4528b8d4427a7c5dhttps://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/31eef6c766f47df8281942d19f76e35f475c781dhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.htmlhttps://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/releasehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277http://www.mutt.org/news.htmlhttps://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/57971dba06346b2d7179294f4528b8d4427a7c5dhttps://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/31eef6c766f47df8281942d19f76e35f475c781dhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.htmlhttps://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/releasehttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
2018-07-17
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