CVE-2018-14362
mutt: POP body caching path traversal vulnerability
Severity Score
9.8
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
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*SSVC
Descriptions
An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. pop.c does not forbid characters that may have unsafe interaction with message-cache pathnames, as demonstrated by a '/' character.
Se ha descubierto un problema en Mutt en versiones anteriores a la 1.10.1 y NeoMutt en versiones anteriores al 2018-07-16. pop.c no prohíbe los caracteres que podrían interactuar de forma insegura con los nombres de ruta message-cache, tal y como queda demostrado con un carácter "/".
USN-3719-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Mutt. Unfortunately, the fixes were not correctly applied to the packaging for Mutt in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. This update corrects the oversight. It was discovered that Mutt incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code. Various other issues were also addressed.
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Timeline
- 2018-07-17 CVE Reserved
- 2018-07-17 CVE Published
- 2024-08-05 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CAPEC
References (11)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html | Mailing List |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9bfab35522301794483f8f9ed60820bdec9be59e | 2020-05-19 | |
| https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/6aed28b40a0410ec47d40c8c7296d8d10bae7576 | 2020-05-19 |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.mutt.org/news.html | 2020-05-19 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2526 | 2020-05-19 | |
| https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release | 2020-05-19 | |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07 | 2020-05-19 | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3 | 2020-05-19 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277 | 2020-05-19 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14362 | 2018-08-20 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1602079 | 2018-08-20 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" | Mutt Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" | < 1.10.1 Search vendor "Mutt" for product "Mutt" and version " < 1.10.1" | - |
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| Neomutt Search vendor "Neomutt" | Neomutt Search vendor "Neomutt" for product "Neomutt" | < 20180716 Search vendor "Neomutt" for product "Neomutt" and version " < 20180716" | - |
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| Canonical Search vendor "Canonical" | Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" | 16.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "16.04" | lts |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Debian Search vendor "Debian" | Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" | 9.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "9.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "6.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Desktop Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Desktop" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "6.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server" and version "7.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" | 7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "7.6" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Aus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" | 7.7 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Aus" and version "7.7" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" | 7.5 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.5" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" | 7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.6" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Eus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" | 7.7 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Eus" and version "7.7" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" | 7.6 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" and version "7.6" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Server Tus Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" | 7.7 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Server Tus" and version "7.7" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" | 6.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "6.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Workstation Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" | 7.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux Workstation" and version "7.0" | - |
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