CVE-2020-14154
published 2020-06-15CVE-2020-14154: Mutt before 1.14.3 proceeds with a connection even if, in response to a GnuTLS certificate prompt, the user rejects an expired intermediate certificate.
PriorityP420medium4.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACHPRNUINSUCLILAN
EPSS
1.06%
60.8th percentile
Mutt before 1.14.3 proceeds with a connection even if, in response to a GnuTLS certificate prompt, the user rejects an expired intermediate certificate.
Affected
19 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | mutt | < mutt 1.14.3-1 (bookworm) | mutt 1.14.3-1 (bookworm) |
| debian | neomutt | < mutt 1.14.3-1 (bookworm) | mutt 1.14.3-1 (bookworm) |
| mutt | mutt | < 1.14.3 | 1.14.3 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.14.3-1 | 1.14.3-1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.14.3-1 | 1.14.3-1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.14.3-1 | 1.14.3-1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.14.3-1 | 1.14.3-1 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.3 | 1.5.24-1ubuntu0.3 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.2 | 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.2 |
| mutt | mutt | >= 0 < 1.13.2-1ubuntu0.1 | 1.13.2-1ubuntu0.1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20200619+dfsg.1-1 | 20200619+dfsg.1-1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20200619+dfsg.1-1 | 20200619+dfsg.1-1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20200619+dfsg.1-1 | 20200619+dfsg.1-1 |
| neomutt | neomutt | >= 0 < 20200619+dfsg.1-1 | 20200619+dfsg.1-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.14.8MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvdv2.05.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
osv5.9MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.9MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.8LOW
vendor_redhat4.8MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Mutt vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2020-06-22·CVSS 5.9
CVE-2020-14093 [MEDIUM] 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 issue to enable MITM attacks.
(CVE-2020-14093)
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to proceeds with a connection
even if the user rejects an expired intermediate certificate.
(CVE-2020-14154)
Instructions: After a standard system update you need to restart mutt to make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
mutt: TLS mishandling during connection
vendor_redhat·2020-06-15·CVSS 4.8
CVE-2020-14154 [MEDIUM] CWE-347 mutt: TLS mishandling during connection
mutt: TLS mishandling during connection
Mutt before 1.14.3 proceeds with a connection even if, in response to a GnuTLS certificate prompt, the user rejects an expired intermediate certificate.
Package: mutt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Out of support scope
Package: mutt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Out of support scope
Package: mutt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Package: mutt (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2020-14154: mutt - Mutt before 1.14.3 proceeds with a connection even if, in response to a GnuTLS c...
vendor_debian·2020·CVSS 4.8
CVE-2020-14154 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-14154: mutt - Mutt before 1.14.3 proceeds with a connection even if, in response to a GnuTLS c...
Mutt before 1.14.3 proceeds with a connection even if, in response to a GnuTLS certificate prompt, the user rejects an expired intermediate certificate.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.14.3-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.14.3-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.14.3-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.14.3-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.14.3-1)
GHSA
GHSA-v3gg-5crq-w4vj: Mutt before 1
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2020-14154 [MEDIUM] GHSA-v3gg-5crq-w4vj: Mutt before 1
Mutt before 1.14.3 proceeds with a connection even if, in response to a GnuTLS certificate prompt, the user rejects an expired intermediate certificate.
OSV
mutt vulnerabilities
osv·2020-06-22·CVSS 5.9
CVE-2020-14093 [MEDIUM] mutt vulnerabilities
mutt vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to enable MITM attacks.
(CVE-2020-14093)
It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to proceeds with a connection
even if the user rejects an expired intermediate certificate.
(CVE-2020-14154)
OSV
CVE-2020-14154: Mutt before 1
osv·2020-06-15·CVSS 4.8
CVE-2020-14154 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-14154: Mutt before 1
Mutt before 1.14.3 proceeds with a connection even if, in response to a GnuTLS certificate prompt, the user rejects an expired intermediate certificate.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-14154 mutt: TLS mishandling during connection [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2020-06-18·CVSS 4.8
CVE-2020-14154 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-14154 mutt: TLS mishandling during connection [fedora-all]
CVE-2020-14154 mutt: TLS mishandling during connection [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 of Fedora
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-14154 mutt: TLS mishandling during connection
bugzilla·2020-06-18·CVSS 4.8
CVE-2020-14154 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-14154 mutt: TLS mishandling during connection
CVE-2020-14154 mutt: TLS mishandling during connection
Mutt before 1.14.3 proceeds with a connection even if, in response to a GnuTLS certificate prompt, the user rejects an expired intermediate certificate.
Upstream Reference:
http://lists.mutt.org/pipermail/mutt-announce/Week-of-Mon-20200608/000022.html
Discussion:
Created mutt tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1848288]
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External References:
http://lists.mutt.org/pipermail/mutt-announce/Week-of-Mon-20200608/000022.html
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Upstream patches:
https://github.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/f64ec1de
https://github.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/5fccf603
https://github.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/bb0e6277
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This has been fixed in following versions. Can we close this bug?
http://lists.mutt.org/pipermail/mutt-announce/Week-of-Mon-20200608/000022.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00064.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00070.htmlhttp://www.mutt.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/728300https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-57https://usn.ubuntu.com/4401-1/http://lists.mutt.org/pipermail/mutt-announce/Week-of-Mon-20200608/000022.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00064.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00070.htmlhttp://www.mutt.orghttps://bugs.gentoo.org/728300https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-57https://usn.ubuntu.com/4401-1/
2020-06-15
Published