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A mutt security update has been released for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue.



slackware-security: mutt (SSA:2020-329-01)

New mutt packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/mutt-1.10.1-i586-2_slack14.2.txz: Rebuilt.
Mutt had incorrect error handling when initially connecting to an IMAP
server, which could result in an attempt to authenticate without enabling TLS.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-28896
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
( http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/mutt-1.10.1-i486-2_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/mutt-1.10.1-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/mutt-1.10.1-i486-2_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/mutt-1.10.1-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/mutt-1.10.1-i586-2_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/mutt-1.10.1-x86_64-2_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/mutt-2.0.2-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/mutt-2.0.2-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
0757390b5c35d6df301bc18d58cad386 mutt-1.10.1-i486-2_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
f054bf948e12e6ebea96ca5af6786880 mutt-1.10.1-x86_64-2_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
8852e9368a2d1f15c31062d115125201 mutt-1.10.1-i486-2_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
52467e39f92a4bbb3667ffc427f21783 mutt-1.10.1-x86_64-2_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
a5597fd597f990e1d95b4f51f7c86dbd mutt-1.10.1-i586-2_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
55098bd701e18229fcfadd695a1a3ace mutt-1.10.1-x86_64-2_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
c0ab7d3ff0b437adf87109cd4041ef1c n/mutt-2.0.2-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
5f4723ea14e2a79f1312d13fecc0b107 n/mutt-2.0.2-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg mutt-1.10.1-i586-2_slack14.2.txz