Privilege escalation in Mutt - CVE-2018-14356
Published: July 18, 2018 / Updated: July 23, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13970
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14356
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of a zero-length unique identifier (UID) by the pop.c code. A local attacker can manipulate the UID value assigned to an email message and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Affected software
Mutt
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
mutt (Alpine package)
mutt
Arch Linux
Debian Linux
Gentoo Linux
Opensuse
Fedora
mutt (Alpine package)
mutt
How to mitigate CVE-2018-14356
Update to version 1.10.1.
Mutt - update to 1.10.1
mutt (Alpine package) - update to 1.10.1-r0
mutt - addressed in versions 1.9.2-2.fc27, 1.10.1-1.fc28
mutt (Alpine package) - update to 1.10.1-r0
mutt - addressed in versions 1.9.2-2.fc27, 1.10.1-1.fc28
External References
Related Security Bulletins
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- Multiple vulnerabilities in Mutt
- Arch Linux update for neomutt
- OpenSUSE Linux update for mutt
- Debian update for mutt
- Gentoo update for Mutt, NeoMutt
- OpenSUSE Linux update for mutt
- Privilege escalation in mutt (Alpine package)
- Fedora 28 update for mutt
- Fedora 27 update for mutt