CVE-2024-49395

NameCVE-2024-49395
DescriptionIn mutt and neomutt, PGP encryption does not use the --hidden-recipient mode which may leak the Bcc email header field by inferring from the recipients info.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
mutt (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2.0.5-4.1+deb11u3vulnerable
bookworm2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1vulnerable
bookworm (security)2.2.9-1+deb12u1vulnerable
sid, trixie2.2.13-1vulnerable
neomutt (PTS)bullseye20201127+dfsg.1-1.2vulnerable
bookworm20220429+dfsg1-4.1vulnerable
trixie20241114+dfsg1-1vulnerable
sid20241212+dfsg-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
muttsource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant
neomuttsource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2325332
https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/issues/490
Mutt project does not plan to address CVE-2024-49393, CVE-2024-49394, CVE-2024-49395
cf. https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/issues/490#note_2209448655 . Issues with documented
through http://mutt.org/doc/manual/#crypt-protected-headers-read
https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/4234
These are longstanding limitations of PGP-encrypted mail and rather enhancements
than actual vulnerabilities

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