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CVE-2021-3181

MEDIUM

6.5

Description

rfc822.c in Mutt through 2.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (mailbox unavailability) by sending email messages with sequences of semicolon characters in RFC822 address fields (aka terminators of empty groups). A small email message from the attacker can cause large memory consumption, and the victim may then be unable to see email messages from other persons.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.5

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published1/19/2021

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxfedoraproject:fedoramutt:mutt

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-401

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/10(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/27/3(cve@mitre.org)

https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/4a2becbdb4422aaffe3ce314991b9d670b7adf17(cve@mitre.org)

https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/939b02b33ae29bc0d642570c1dcfd4b339037d19(cve@mitre.org)

https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/d4305208955c5cdd9fe96dfa61e7c1e14e176a14(cve@mitre.org)

https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/issues/323(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00017.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXGWXFO77HBCD3VYEIYHHYU33LYWWWNQ/(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P2OMLQKAOHPYQA4GI7ZUO6UKCPUHLYO7/(cve@mitre.org)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-25(cve@mitre.org)

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4838(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/19/10(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/01/27/3(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/4a2becbdb4422aaffe3ce314991b9d670b7adf17(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/939b02b33ae29bc0d642570c1dcfd4b339037d19(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/d4305208955c5cdd9fe96dfa61e7c1e14e176a14(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/issues/323(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00017.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DXGWXFO77HBCD3VYEIYHHYU33LYWWWNQ/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P2OMLQKAOHPYQA4GI7ZUO6UKCPUHLYO7/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-25(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4838(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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