CVE-2020-14954
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Description
Mutt before 1.14.4 and NeoMutt before 2020-06-19 have a STARTTLS buffering issue that affects IMAP, SMTP, and POP3. When a server sends a "begin TLS" response, the client reads additional data (e.g., from a man-in-the-middle attacker) and evaluates it in a TLS context, aka "response injection."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.mutt.org/pipermail/mutt-announce/Week-of-Mon-20200615/000023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00064.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00070.html
- https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/fb013ec666759cb8a9e294347c7b4c1f597639cc
- https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/c547433cdf2e79191b15c6932c57f1472bfb5ff4
References (16)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
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