PT-2007-4000 · Mutt+1 · Mutt+1

Lubomir Kundrak · Published 2007-05-15 · Updated 2017-10-11 · CVE-2007-2683

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.5

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mutt version 1.4.2

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow that might allow local users to execute arbitrary code. This occurs when the GECOS field contains "&" characters, triggering the overflow during alias expansion.

Recommendations For Mutt version 1.4.2, update to a version that fixes this issue to prevent potential code execution.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-2683

RHSA-2007:0386

RHSA-2007_0386

Affected Products

Mutt

Red Hat

References · 25

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/30093 · Exploit
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:113 · Vendor Advisory
• http://trustix.org/errata/2007/0024 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-2683 · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0386.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2683 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2683 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-2683 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34441 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25529 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26415 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=239890 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-1558 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25408 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25515 · Note