| Name | CVE-2024-49395 |
| Description | In 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. |
| 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) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 2.0.5-4.1+deb11u3 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 2.2.9-1+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 2.2.13-1 | vulnerable |
| neomutt (PTS) | bullseye | 20201127+dfsg.1-1.2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 20220429+dfsg1-4.1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 20241114+dfsg1-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| mutt | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
| neomutt | source | (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