CVE-2020-14093

Description

Mutt before 1.14.3 allows an IMAP fcc/postpone man-in-the-middle attack via a PREAUTH response.

Category

5.9
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.39% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mutt.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.mutt.org vendor advisory
https://github.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/3e88866dc60b5fa6aaba6fd7c1710c12c1c3cd01 third party advisory patch
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4707 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugs.gentoo.org/728300 third party advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4708 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00064.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00070.html vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00039.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00040.html third party advisory mailing list
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4401-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-57 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-14093?
CVE-2020-14093 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-14093?
To fix CVE-2020-14093, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-14093 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-14093 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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