Mutt before 1.14.4 and NeoMutt before 2020-06-19 have a STARTTLS buffering issue that affects IMAP, SMTP, and POP3. When a server sends a "begin TLS" response, the client reads additional data (e.g., from a man-in-the-middle attacker) and evaluates it in a TLS context, aka "response injection."
Metrics
Affected Vendors & Products
Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DLA |
DLA-2268-1 | mutt security update |
Debian DLA |
DLA-2268-2 | mutt regression update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-4708-1 | neomutt security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2020-7089 | Mutt before 1.14.4 and NeoMutt before 2020-06-19 have a STARTTLS buffering issue that affects IMAP, SMTP, and POP3. When a server sends a "begin TLS" response, the client reads additional data (e.g., from a man-in-the-middle attacker) and evaluates it in a TLS context, aka "response injection." |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4403-1 | Mutt vulnerability and regression |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-7204-1 | NeoMutt vulnerabilities |
Fixes
Solution
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Workaround
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-04T13:00:52.083Z
Reserved: 2020-06-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-14954
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Status : Modified
Published: 2020-06-21T17:15:09.603
Modified: 2024-11-21T05:04:30.410
Link: CVE-2020-14954
OpenCVE Enrichment
No data.
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN