Security update for mutt

SUSE Security Update: Security update for mutt
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0012-1
Rating: important
References: #899712 #907453
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

  • An update that solves one vulnerability and has one errata is now available.

    Description:

    mutt was updated to fix one security issue.

    This security issue was fixed:
    - Heap-based buffer overflow in mutt_substrdup() (CVE-2014-9116).

    This non-security issue was fixed:
    - Handle text/html by default (bnc#899712)

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-3
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
      zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-3

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 (ppc64le s390x x86_64):
      • mutt-1.5.21-49.1
      • mutt-debuginfo-1.5.21-49.1
      • mutt-debugsource-1.5.21-49.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 (x86_64):
      • mutt-1.5.21-49.1
      • mutt-debuginfo-1.5.21-49.1
      • mutt-debugsource-1.5.21-49.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9116.html
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=899712
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=907453