CVE-2020-14093 Other in n/a

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

A man-in-the-middle attacker can manipulate IMAP PREAUTH responses to compromise email storage integrity and confidentiality in Mutt.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-14093?

CVE-2020-14093 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 15 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

Weakness: CWE-319

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14093?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mutt Mutt, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14093?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-14093 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14093 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14093, GHSA-g5v2-qw45-mc5h, OESA-2021-1297, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14093.

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