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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="202310-13">
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<title>GNU Mailutils: unexpected processsing of escape sequences</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability has been discovered in Mailutils where escape sequences are processed in a context where this may lead to RCE.</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">mailutils</product>
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<announced>2023-10-19</announced>
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<revised count="1">2023-10-19</revised>
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<bug>802867</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-mail/mailutils" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">3.12-r3</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">3.12-r3</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>GNU Mailutils is a collection of mail-related utilities, including an IMAP4 server (imap4d) and a Mail User Agent (mail).</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>A vulnerability has been discovered in GNU Mailutils. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>mail(1) from mailutils would process escape sequences (like ~! shellcommand) in message bodies piped/redirected in. This creates an RCE if some part of the message body is under an attacker's control.</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 Mailutils 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 ">=net-mail/mailutils-3.12-r3"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32749">CVE-2021-32749</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2023-10-19T05:47:33.365385Z">graaff</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2023-10-19T05:47:33.367529Z">graaff</metadata>
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</glsa>
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