VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-39272
Fetchmail before 6.4.22 fails to enforce STARTTLS session encryption in some circumstances, such as a certain situation with IMAP and PREAUTH.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 0.92%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.92%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Fetchmail before 6.4.22 fails to enforce STARTTLS session encryption in some circumstances, such as a certain situation with IMAP and PREAUTH.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.92% probability · 58th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-319
- Affected
- fetchmail/fetchmail · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/27/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L3XJ6XLEJCEZCAM5LGGD6XBCC522QLG4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VXMKSEHAQSEDCWZMAOJEGX3P3JW6QY6H/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZYCYLL73NP7ALJWSDICIVSA47ZIXWSSA/
- https://nostarttls.secvuln.info/Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-14Third Party Advisory
- https://www.fetchmail.info/security.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/08/27/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L3XJ6XLEJCEZCAM5LGGD6XBCC522QLG4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VXMKSEHAQSEDCWZMAOJEGX3P3JW6QY6H/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZYCYLL73NP7ALJWSDICIVSA47ZIXWSSA/
- https://nostarttls.secvuln.info/Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202209-14Third Party Advisory
- https://www.fetchmail.info/security.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.