CVE-2013-4584
Perdition before 2.2 may have weak security when handling outbound connections, caused by an error in the STARTTLS IMAP and POP server. ssl_outgoing_ciphers not being applied to STARTTLS connections
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.52%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Perdition before 2.2 may have weak security when handling outbound connections, caused by an error in the STARTTLS IMAP and POP server. ssl_outgoing_ciphers not being applied to STARTTLS connections
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.52% probability · 74th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-755
- Affected
- horms/perdition · debian/debian linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 1.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63696Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4584Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89184Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/horms/perdition/commit/62a0ce94aeb7dd99155882956ce9e327ab914ddfPatch
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4584Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/6Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63696Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4584Broken Link
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89184Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/horms/perdition/commit/62a0ce94aeb7dd99155882956ce9e327ab914ddfPatch
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4584Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.