| Name | CVE-2009-3766 |
| Description | mutt_ssl.c in mutt 1.5.16 and other versions before 1.5.19, when OpenSSL is used, does not verify the domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) field of an X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| mutt (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.5.23-3+deb8u7 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1.7.2-1+deb9u6 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.7.2-1+deb9u7 | fixed |
| buster | 1.10.1-2.1+deb10u6 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1.10.1-2.1+deb10u7 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.0.5-4.1+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security) | 2.2.9-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.2.12-0.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mutt | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- mutt <not-affected> (uses GnuTLS and not OpenSSL)
our mutt is linked against gnutls, bug #553433