Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 13:28:47 +0100
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: Trustix Security Advisory – mutt
Trustix Secure Linux Security Advisory #2001-0001 Package name: Mutt Severity: Possible Remote Exploit Date: 2001-03-16 Affected versions: TSL 1.2
Problem description:
From the Mutt homepage:
This release fixes at least one grave IMAP error which may lead to
confusing display and other strangeness, and our instances of the
"wuftpd format bug", which had (mostly) the effect that your IMAP
server's operator could break into your computer with some work.
Mutt was introduced in TSL 1.2.
Action: We recommend all systems which has this package
installed to be upgraded.
Location:
All TSL updates are available from
http://www.trusix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/
ftp://ftp.trusix.net/pub/Trustix/updates/
Users of the SWUP tool, can enjoy having the security updates
automatically installed using ‘swup –upgrade’.
Get SWUP from:
ftp://ftp.trustix.net/pub/Trustix/software/swup/
Questions?
Check out our mailinglists:
http://www.trustix.net/support/
Verification:
This advisory is signed with the TSL sign key. It is available
from:
http://www.trustix.net/TSL-GPG-KEY
Trustix Security Team