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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Mutt, Neomutt: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: July 28, 2020
     Bugs: #728294, #728302, #728708
       ID: 202007-57

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Mutt and Neomutt, the worst
of which could result in an access restriction bypass.

Background
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Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based mail client.

NeoMutt is a command line mail reader (or MUA). It’s a fork of Mutt
with added features.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  mail-client/mutt             < 1.14.4                  >= 1.14.4
  2  mail-client/neomutt         < 20200619               >= 20200619
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     2 affected packages

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Mutt and Neomutt.
Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Mutt users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mutt-1.14.4"

All Neomutt users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/neomutt-20200619"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2020-14093
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14093
[ 2 ] CVE-2020-14154
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14154
[ 3 ] CVE-2020-14954
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14954

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-57

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5