Directory Traversal Vulnerability in NeoMutt by NeoMutt Team
CVE-2018-14363

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Debian
Status
Debian Linux
Vendor
CVE Published:
17 July 2018

Summary

A directory traversal vulnerability has been discovered in NeoMutt that allows for unsafe interaction with cache pathnames due to insufficient restrictions on '/' characters in the newsrc.c file. This can potentially compromise the integrity of the affected system by exposing sensitive file paths or allowing unauthorized access to certain files. Users of NeoMutt are advised to update their installations to mitigate the risks associated with this issue.

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/9bfab3552230179...
x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg0...
mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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