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Posted on 25 January 2021
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4838-1 security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
January 25, 2021 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : mutt
CVE ID : CVE-2021-3181
Debian Bug : 980326
Tavis Ormandy discovered a memory leak flaw in the rfc822 group recipient
parsing in Mutt, a text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and
threading, which could result in denial of service.
For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.10.1-2.1+deb10u5.
We recommend that you upgrade your mutt packages.
For the detailed security status of mutt please refer to its security
tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/mutt
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
