DSA-4707-1 mutt -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4707-1 mutt -- security update

Date Reported:

19 Jun 2020

Affected Packages:

mutt

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-14093.

More information:

Damian Poddebniak and Fabian Ising discovered two security issues in the STARTTLS handling of the Mutt mail client, which could enable MITM attacks.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.7.2-1+deb9u3.

For the stable distribution (buster), these problems have been fixed in version 1.10.1-2.1+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your mutt packages.

For the detailed security status of mutt please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/mutt