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46 lines
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201701-04">
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<title>Mutt: Heap-based buffer overflow</title>
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<synopsis>A heap-based buffer overflow in Mutt might allow remote attackers
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to cause a Denial of Service condition.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">mutt</product>
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<announced>January 01, 2017</announced>
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<revised>January 01, 2017: 1</revised>
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<bug>530842</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="mail-client/mutt" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.5.23-r5</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.5.23-r5</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>Mutt is a small but very powerful text-based mail client.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>A heap-based buffer overflow was discovered in Mutt’s mutt_substrdup
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function.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition.</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All Mutt users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/mutt-1.5.23-r5"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9116">CVE-2014-9116</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 01 Jan 2017 11:02:45 +0000">b-man</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 01 Jan 2017 15:05:18 +0000">b-man</metadata>
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</glsa>
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