Path traversal in Mutt - CVE-2018-14363
Published: July 31, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14149
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-14363
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Mutt.org
Affected software:
Mutt
Mutt
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information cause DoS condition on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to newsrc.c does not properly restrict '/' characters that may have unsafe interaction with cache pathnames. A remote attacker can conduct directory traversal attack and gain access to arbitrary data or cause the service to crash.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-14363
Update to version 1.10.1.