CVE-2021-38373

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-38373
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-10 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-08-20 17:48:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-77 | CWE-319

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kde Kmail 19.12.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
NO STARTTLS MISC nostarttls.secvuln.info
423423 – STARTTLS is ignored when "Server requires authentication" not checked in UI MISC bugs.kde.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 183892 Debian Security Update for ksmtp (CVE-2021-38373)
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