Issued:
2007-06-04
Updated:
2007-06-04

RHSA-2007:0386 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Moderate: mutt security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

An updated mutt package that fixes several security bugs is now available for
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

Mutt is a text-mode mail user agent.

A flaw was found in the way Mutt used temporary files on NFS file systems.
Due to an implementation issue in the NFS protocol, Mutt was not able to
exclusively open a new file. A local attacker could conduct a
time-dependent attack and possibly gain access to e-mail attachments opened
by a victim. (CVE-2006-5297)

A flaw was found in the way Mutt processed certain APOP authentication
requests. By sending certain responses when mutt attempted to authenticate
against an APOP server, a remote attacker could potentially acquire certain
portions of a user's authentication credentials. (CVE-2007-1558)

A flaw was found in the way Mutt handled certain characters in gecos fields
which could lead to a buffer overflow. The gecos field is an entry in the
password database typically used to record general information about the
user. A local attacker could give themselves a carefully crafted "Real
Name" which could execute arbitrary code if a victim uses Mutt and expands
the attackers alias. (CVE-2007-2683)

All users of mutt should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains a backported patches to correct these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.5 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5 s390
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 211085 - CVE-2006-5297 Multiple mutt tempfile race conditions
  • BZ - 239890 - CVE-2007-2683 Buffer overflow in mutt's gecos structure handling
  • BZ - 241191 - CVE-2007-1558 fetchmail, mutt: APOP vulnerability

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: eae2ff04029c7b77221f95a9ce2d23c76b40f87eb35bca3d03cd9081cfb0e31b
x86_64
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0012e0f1e532c02bf0cfceb4d2e54e8ecfa806fbab5d470def5f779b571a3b87
ia64
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 4861e29b66889158a941112a6ed84e4e57797e8eeef0d45d7852bb3518043dff
i386
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6a4d995393c026da699499a71c51545374a643c727c49f982025e947cf89f5cb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4

SRPM
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: c8fbd14e921615ac98a5ba7e28d784e0001d9af37fafd18a4957ae5176c99559
x86_64
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9ef28847e04c0cb4c3f825eb6070a0d50cb437e5dde7c7bb7516ff2a8d0f4d3
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9ef28847e04c0cb4c3f825eb6070a0d50cb437e5dde7c7bb7516ff2a8d0f4d3
ia64
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 6cae12bf6e4224262eb4837a6caa79930b17b178dff00e52a4ba0603105cda9f
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 6cae12bf6e4224262eb4837a6caa79930b17b178dff00e52a4ba0603105cda9f
i386
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: c41298ab599f33147f78ebf6864e746f046060d63ccc4a84a0ca73e0e58eafbf
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: c41298ab599f33147f78ebf6864e746f046060d63ccc4a84a0ca73e0e58eafbf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: c8fbd14e921615ac98a5ba7e28d784e0001d9af37fafd18a4957ae5176c99559
x86_64
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9ef28847e04c0cb4c3f825eb6070a0d50cb437e5dde7c7bb7516ff2a8d0f4d3
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9ef28847e04c0cb4c3f825eb6070a0d50cb437e5dde7c7bb7516ff2a8d0f4d3
ia64
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 6cae12bf6e4224262eb4837a6caa79930b17b178dff00e52a4ba0603105cda9f
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 6cae12bf6e4224262eb4837a6caa79930b17b178dff00e52a4ba0603105cda9f
i386
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: c41298ab599f33147f78ebf6864e746f046060d63ccc4a84a0ca73e0e58eafbf
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: c41298ab599f33147f78ebf6864e746f046060d63ccc4a84a0ca73e0e58eafbf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: eae2ff04029c7b77221f95a9ce2d23c76b40f87eb35bca3d03cd9081cfb0e31b
x86_64
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0012e0f1e532c02bf0cfceb4d2e54e8ecfa806fbab5d470def5f779b571a3b87
i386
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6a4d995393c026da699499a71c51545374a643c727c49f982025e947cf89f5cb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4

SRPM
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: c8fbd14e921615ac98a5ba7e28d784e0001d9af37fafd18a4957ae5176c99559
x86_64
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9ef28847e04c0cb4c3f825eb6070a0d50cb437e5dde7c7bb7516ff2a8d0f4d3
ia64
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.ia64.rpm SHA-256: 6cae12bf6e4224262eb4837a6caa79930b17b178dff00e52a4ba0603105cda9f
i386
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: c41298ab599f33147f78ebf6864e746f046060d63ccc4a84a0ca73e0e58eafbf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: eae2ff04029c7b77221f95a9ce2d23c76b40f87eb35bca3d03cd9081cfb0e31b
x86_64
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0012e0f1e532c02bf0cfceb4d2e54e8ecfa806fbab5d470def5f779b571a3b87
i386
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6a4d995393c026da699499a71c51545374a643c727c49f982025e947cf89f5cb

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4

SRPM
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: c8fbd14e921615ac98a5ba7e28d784e0001d9af37fafd18a4957ae5176c99559
x86_64
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b9ef28847e04c0cb4c3f825eb6070a0d50cb437e5dde7c7bb7516ff2a8d0f4d3
i386
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.i386.rpm SHA-256: c41298ab599f33147f78ebf6864e746f046060d63ccc4a84a0ca73e0e58eafbf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: eae2ff04029c7b77221f95a9ce2d23c76b40f87eb35bca3d03cd9081cfb0e31b
s390x
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.s390x.rpm SHA-256: a3b1fe21d84270fd4a8ed5b3c509d87fa4d6004a44003746ba50c3622a9b62dc

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4

SRPM
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: c8fbd14e921615ac98a5ba7e28d784e0001d9af37fafd18a4957ae5176c99559
s390x
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: da9990406ea7fcad3f65da6c36041473cd060b1964a48ffe90d9af3c1abcc611
s390
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: d3b515c102936aad2c9fdc707d366e7b3e056359b2c138f13ec3e2e957b293c3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: c8fbd14e921615ac98a5ba7e28d784e0001d9af37fafd18a4957ae5176c99559
s390x
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.s390x.rpm SHA-256: da9990406ea7fcad3f65da6c36041473cd060b1964a48ffe90d9af3c1abcc611
s390
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.s390.rpm SHA-256: d3b515c102936aad2c9fdc707d366e7b3e056359b2c138f13ec3e2e957b293c3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: eae2ff04029c7b77221f95a9ce2d23c76b40f87eb35bca3d03cd9081cfb0e31b
ppc
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: c661c382a9fe36c21998b4716f6e4594de28cfd5740f17ae2f0bdb41fe9c7a57

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4

SRPM
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: c8fbd14e921615ac98a5ba7e28d784e0001d9af37fafd18a4957ae5176c99559
ppc
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 252997b3555180a91f468170e6e1d9dea03abf84000cde6a07ac2f77f1a5ff2f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4.5

SRPM
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.src.rpm SHA-256: c8fbd14e921615ac98a5ba7e28d784e0001d9af37fafd18a4957ae5176c99559
ppc
mutt-1.4.1-12.0.3.el4.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 252997b3555180a91f468170e6e1d9dea03abf84000cde6a07ac2f77f1a5ff2f

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.src.rpm SHA-256: eae2ff04029c7b77221f95a9ce2d23c76b40f87eb35bca3d03cd9081cfb0e31b
x86_64
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 0012e0f1e532c02bf0cfceb4d2e54e8ecfa806fbab5d470def5f779b571a3b87
i386
mutt-1.4.2.2-3.0.2.el5.i386.rpm SHA-256: 6a4d995393c026da699499a71c51545374a643c727c49f982025e947cf89f5cb

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