CVE
- Id
- 921
- CVE No.
- CVE-1999-0941
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- Mutt mail client allows a remote attacker to execute commands via shell metacharacters.
- Phase
- Proposed (19991222)
- Votes
- ACCEPT(1) Stracener | NOOP(2) Baker, Christey | REJECT(1) Frech | REVIEWING(1) Levy
- Comments
- Frech> References are vague, but seem to be identical to CVE-1999-0940 | (XF:mutt-text-enriched-mime-bo). According to the references, the malformed | messages consist of metacharacters. In addition, -0941"s reference and | -0940"s SuSE reference both refer to fixes in 1.0pre3 release. Will | reconsider vote if other clearer references are forthcoming. | Christey> Modify to mention that the metachar"s are in the Content-Type header. | http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104526154&w=2