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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2018-14355

An issue was discovered in Mutt before 1.10.1 and NeoMutt before 2018-07-16. imap/util.c mishandles ".." directory traversal in a mailbox name.
Publish Date : 2018-07-17 Last Update Date : 2020-05-20
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
5.0
Confidentiality Impact Partial (There is considerable informational disclosure.)
Integrity Impact None (There is no impact to the integrity of the system)
Availability Impact None (There is no impact to the availability of the system.)
Access Complexity Low (Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. Very little knowledge or skill is required to exploit. )
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Directory traversal
CWE ID 22

- Related OVAL Definitions

Title Definition Id Class Family
RHSA-2020:1126: mutt security update (Moderate) oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20201126 unix
OVAL (Open Vulnerability and Assessment Language) definitions define exactly what should be done to verify a vulnerability or a missing patch. Check out the OVAL definitions if you want to learn what you should do to verify a vulnerability.

- Products Affected By CVE-2018-14355

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 OS Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 OS Debian Debian Linux 8.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
3 OS Debian Debian Linux 9.0 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
4 Application Mutt Mutt * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
5 Application Neomutt Neomutt * * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux 1
Debian Debian Linux 2
Mutt Mutt 1
Neomutt Neomutt 1

- References For CVE-2018-14355

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201810-07
GENTOO GLSA-201810-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3719-3/
UBUNTU USN-3719-3
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4277
DEBIAN DSA-4277
https://neomutt.org/2018/07/16/release
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00001.html
MLIST [debian-lts-announce] 20180802 [SECURITY] [DLA 1455-1] mutt security update
http://www.mutt.org/news.html
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/commit/57971dba06346b2d7179294f4528b8d4427a7c5d
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/commit/31eef6c766f47df8281942d19f76e35f475c781d

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2018-14355

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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