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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2999-1 mutt -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

11 May 2022

Affected Packages:

mutt

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 1009734.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-1328.

More information:

It was discovered that Mutt, a text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading, incorrectly handled certain input. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash, or expose sensitive information.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.7.2-1+deb9u6.

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

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS