{"id":"MGASA-2021-0070","summary":"Updated mutt packages fix a security vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain email messages.\nAn attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service because\nrfc822.c in Mutt through 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of\nservice (mailbox unavailability) by sending email messages with sequences of\nsemicolon characters in RFC822 address fields (aka terminators of empty groups).\n(CVE-2021-3181).\n\nmutt-1.11.4 has been patched for Mageia 7.\n","modified":"2026-01-31T13:43:38.933720Z","published":"2021-02-05T11:54:53Z","related":["CVE-2021-3181"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0070.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28159"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/10"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/17/2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2529"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4703-1"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mutt","ecosystem":"Mageia:7","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/mutt?arch=source&distro=mageia-7"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.11.4-1.5.mga7"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0070.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}