DSA-3083-1 mutt -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-3083-1 mutt -- security update

Date Reported:

30 Nov 2014

Affected Packages:

mutt

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 771125.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-9116.

More information:

A flaw was discovered in mutt, a text-based mailreader. A specially crafted mail header could cause mutt to crash, leading to a denial of service condition.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.21-6.2+deb7u3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 1.5.23-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your mutt packages.