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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-3181: mutt recipient parsing memory leak

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-3181: mutt recipient parsing memory leak

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/19/2021
Created
02/02/2021
Added
02/01/2021
Modified
02/01/2021

Description

rfc822.c in Mutt through 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mailbox unavailability) by sending email messages with sequences of semicolon characters in RFC822 address fields (aka terminators of empty groups). A small email message from the attacker can cause large memory consumption, and the victim may then be unable to see email messages from other persons.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-mutt

References

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