PSA: Buffer overrun in mutt

[unixronin]

It appears a buffer overrun has been discovered in the mutt mail user agent.

• The bad news:  it may be potentially remotely exploitable.
• The good news:  it appears to only affect IMAP mail retrieval.
• The better news:  it's a trivial fix, and there's a patch here.

Comments

[robbat2.livejournal.com]

s/LDAP/IMAP/

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

DOH! I said I was frazzled today (http://unixronin.livejournal.com/358367.html). :p
Fixed, thanks for pointing it out.

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the update. I run mutt on the school club server.