CVE-2018-14357

Summary

CVECVE-2018-14357
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-17 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. They allow remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary commands via backquote characters, related to the mailboxes command associated with an automatic subscription.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Mutt Mutt All All All All
Application Mutt Mutt All All All All
Application Neomutt Neomutt All All All All
Application Neomutt Neomutt All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.7 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-3719-1: Mutt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Mutt, NeoMutt: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-07) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1455-1] mutt security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Release 2018-07-16 - NeoMutt MISC neomutt.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Properly quote IMAP mailbox names when (un)subscribing. (18515281) · Commits · Mutt Project / mutt · GitLab MISC gitlab.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Mutt News MISC www.mutt.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
quote imap strings more carefully · neomutt/neomutt@e523937 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4277-1 mutt DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
USN-3719-3: Mutt vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296079 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 15.5.0 Missing (CPUOCT2019)
  • 690595 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mutt/neomutt (fe12ef83-8b47-11e8-96cc-001a4a7ec6be)
  • 690645 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for mutt (a2f35081-8a02-11e8-8fa5-4437e6ad11c4)
  • 710208 Gentoo Linux Mutt, NeoMutt Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201810-07)
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