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ELSA-2007-0386 Moderate: Enterprise Linux mutt security update

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ELSA-2007-0386 Moderate: Enterprise Linux mutt security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/16/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

Buffer overflow in Mutt 1.4.2 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code via "&" characters in the GECOS field, which triggers the overflow during alias expansion.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-mutt

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