suse-su-2020:14551-1
Vulnerability from csaf_suse
Published
2020-11-30 15:57
Modified
2020-11-30 15:57
Summary
Security update for mutt

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for mutt
Description of the patch
This update for mutt fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-28896: incomplete connection termination could lead to sending credentials over unencrypted connections (bsc#1179035) - Avoid that message with a million tiny parts can freeze MUA for several minutes (bsc#1179113)
Patchnames
sleposp3-mutt-14551,slessp4-mutt-14551
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).


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