CVE-2021-3181

mutt: Mutt is a low resource, highly configurable, text-based MIME e-mail client

CVE-2021-3181 is fixed in mutt on 1 platform, first by mutt 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.5, released January 19, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0283
86th percentile

Mutt is a low resource, highly configurable, text-based MIME e-mail client. Mutt supports most e-mail storing formats, such as mbox and Maildir, as well as most protocols, including POP3 and IMAP. The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: mutt (2.0.7). (BZ#1912614) Security Fix(es): * mutt: Incorrect handling of invalid initial IMAP responses could lead to an authentication attempt over unencrypted connection (CVE-2020-28896) * mutt: Memory leak when parsing rfc822 group addresses (CVE-2021-3181) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Additional Changes: For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
mutt · RHEL 8 5:2.0.7-1.el8 RHSA-2021:4181 Nov 9, 2021
mutt · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.5 mutt 1.9.4-3ubuntu0.5 Jan 19, 2021
mutt · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.13.2-1ubuntu0.4 mutt 1.13.2-1ubuntu0.4 Jan 19, 2021
mutt · almalinux 8 5:2.0.7-1.el8 ALSA-2021:4181 Nov 9, 2021
mutt · ol 8 5:2.0.7-1.el8 ELSA-2021-4181 Nov 16, 2021
mutt · rocky 8 5:2.0.7-1.el8 RLSA-2021:4181 Nov 9, 2021

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