OPENSUSE-SU-2020:2141-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2020-12-01 17:07 - Updated: 2020-12-01 17:07
Summary
Security update for mutt

Notes

Title of the patch
Security update for mutt
Description of the patch
This update for mutt fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-28896: incomplete connection termination could lead to sending credentials over unencrypted connections (bsc#1179035) - Avoid that message with a million tiny parts can freeze MUA for several minutes (bsc#1179113) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
Patchnames
openSUSE-2020-2141
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
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