Bug 1604034 – CVE-2018-14352 mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/util.c

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Bug 1604034 - (CVE-2018-14352) CVE-2018-14352 mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/util.c

Summary:	CVE-2018-14352 mutt: stack-based buffer overflow in imap/util.c

Status:	NEW

Aliases:	CVE-2018-14352

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

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Depends On:	1608992 1604035 1604036
Blocks:	1604043
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Reported:	2018-07-19 16:25 EDT by Laura Pardo
Modified:	2018-07-26 12:37 EDT (History)
CC List:	7 users (show)

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Description Laura Pardo 2018-07-19 16:25:48 EDT

An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap_quote_string in imap/util.c does not leave room for quote characters, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow.


References:
http://www.mutt.org/news.html

Upstream Patch:
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/e0131852c6059107939893016c8ff56b6e42865d

Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-07-19 16:26:22 EDT

Created mutt tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1604035]

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