critical
9.8
CWE
78 94
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2018-14354: OS Command Injection

First published: Tue Jul 17 2018(Updated: )

A flaw was found in mutt before 1.10.1. When "subscribing" to an IMAP mailbox, either via $imap_check_subscribed, or via the &lt;subscribe&gt; function in the browser menu, the lack of proper input parsing may lead to remote code injection from a malicous IMAP server. Upstream patch: References: <a href="http://www.mutt.org/news.html">http://www.mutt.org/news.html</a> <a href="https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/blob/master/ChangeLog">https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/blob/master/ChangeLog</a>

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Mutt Mutt<1.10.1
Neomutt Neomutt<20180716
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=16.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=18.04
Debian Debian Linux=8.0
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus=7.6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus=7.7
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus=7.5
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus=7.6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus=7.7
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus=7.6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus=7.7
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=7.0
redhat/mutt<1.10.1
1.10.1
debian/mutt
2.0.5-4.1+deb11u3
2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1
2.2.9-1+deb12u1
2.2.13-1
debian/neomutt
20201127+dfsg.1-1.2
20220429+dfsg1-4.1
20241002+dfsg-1

Remedy

https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/95e80bf9ff10f68cb6443f760b85df4117cb15eb

Remedy

https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/185152818541f5cdc059cbff3f3e8b654fc27c1d

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • What is the vulnerability ID?

    The vulnerability ID is CVE-2018-14354.

  • What is the severity of CVE-2018-14354?

    The severity of CVE-2018-14354 is critical with a CVSS score of 9.8.

  • What is the affected software for CVE-2018-14354?

    The affected software for CVE-2018-14354 includes Mutt versions before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt versions before 2018-07-16.

  • How does CVE-2018-14354 allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands?

    CVE-2018-14354 allows remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands through the use of backquote characters in the mailboxes command associated with a manual subscription or unsubscription.

  • How can I fix CVE-2018-14354?

    To fix CVE-2018-14354, you should update to the latest versions of Mutt and NeoMutt that contain the necessary security patches.

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