ubuntu-cve-2020-14154
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-06-15 17:15
Modified
2025-09-08 16:46
Summary
Details

Mutt before 1.14.3 proceeds with a connection even if, in response to a GnuTLS certificate prompt, the user rejects an expired intermediate certificate.

Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "mutt",
            "binary_version": "1.5.24-1ubuntu0.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "mutt-patched",
            "binary_version": "1.5.24-1ubuntu0.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "mutt",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/mutt@1.5.24-1ubuntu0.3?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.5.24-1ubuntu0.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.5.23-3.1ubuntu1",
        "1.5.23-3.1ubuntu2",
        "1.5.24-1",
        "1.5.24-1build1",
        "1.5.24-1ubuntu0.1",
        "1.5.24-1ubuntu0.2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "mutt",
            "binary_version": "1.9.4-3ubuntu0.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "mutt",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/mutt@1.9.4-3ubuntu0.2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.9.4-3ubuntu0.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.8.3+neomutt20170609-2build1",
        "1.9.1-2",
        "1.9.1-3",
        "1.9.1-4",
        "1.9.1-5",
        "1.9.2-1",
        "1.9.3-1",
        "1.9.4-2",
        "1.9.4-3",
        "1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "mutt",
            "binary_version": "1.13.2-1ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "mutt",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/mutt@1.13.2-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.13.2-1ubuntu0.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.10.1-2.1",
        "1.12.2-1",
        "1.12.2-2",
        "1.13.0-1",
        "1.13.2-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Mutt before 1.14.3 proceeds with a connection even if, in response to a GnuTLS certificate prompt, the user rejects an expired intermediate certificate.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14154",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:46:09Z",
  "published": "2020-06-15T17:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-14154"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://lists.mutt.org/pipermail/mutt-announce/Week-of-Mon-20200608/000022.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.mutt.org"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4401-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14154"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4401-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-14154"
  ]
}



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