{"id":"ALSA-2021:4181","summary":"Moderate: mutt security, bug fix, and enhancement update","details":"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.\n\nThe following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: mutt (2.0.7). (BZ#1912614)\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* mutt: Incorrect handling of invalid initial IMAP responses could lead to an authentication attempt over unencrypted connection (CVE-2020-28896)\n\n* mutt: Memory leak when parsing rfc822 group addresses (CVE-2021-3181)\n\nFor 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.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-01-30T02:51:16.085590Z","published":"2021-11-09T08:33:45Z","related":["CVE-2020-28896","CVE-2021-3181"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2021-4181.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2020-28896"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-3181"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mutt","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/mutt"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5:2.0.7-1.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2021:4181.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}