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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-46853

Alpine before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) when LIST or LSUB is sent before STARTTLS.

MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 0.91%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.91%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Alpine before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) when LIST or LSUB is sent before STARTTLS.

CVSS 3.1
5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
0.91% probability · 58th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-367
Affected
alpine project/alpine
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.