CVE-2021-38373 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In KDE KMail 19.12.3 (aka 5.13.3), the SMTP STARTTLS option is not honored (and cleartext messages are sent) unless "Server requires authentication" is checked.

Published: 2021-08-10

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kde:kmail:19.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-24826	In KDE KMail 19.12.3 (aka 5.13.3), the SMTP STARTTLS option is not honored (and cleartext messages are sent) unless "Server requires authentication" is checked.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00161.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423423
https://nostarttls.secvuln.info
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38373
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-38373

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Kde Kmail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-08-10T14:51:25.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:16.503Z

Reserved: 2021-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38373

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-10T15:15:08.390

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:16:55.660

Link: CVE-2021-38373

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-08-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-38373 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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