Debian Security Advisory
mutt -- malicious mails can execute arbitrary code
- Date Reported:
- 27 Aug 1998
- Affected Packages:
- mutt
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- No other external database security references currently available.
- More information:
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We have received a report from Paul Boehm stating that Mutt has an
overflowable buffer in parse.c. When sending malicious mail you can
execute arbitrary code on the mutt running user's system.
We recommend you upgrade your Mutt package immediately.
- Fixed in:
- All - (in release 2.0) 0.91.2-2