CVE-2021-39272

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Summary

CVECVE-2021-39272
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-08-30 06:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:37:00 UTC
DescriptionFetchmail before 6.4.22 fails to enforce STARTTLS session encryption in some circumstances, such as a certain situation with IMAP and PREAUTH.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-319

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 35 All All All
Application Fetchmail Fetchmail All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - ANNOUNCE: fetchmail security announcement 2021-02 (CVE-2021-39272) - TLS bypass vulnerabilities ("NO STARTTLS") MISC www.openwall.com
NO STARTTLS MISC nostarttls.secvuln.info
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: fetchmail-6.4.22-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Fetchmail: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202209-14) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
FEDORA-2021-e61a978fef FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Fetchmail MISC www.fetchmail.info
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: fetchmail-6.4.22-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: fetchmail-6.4.22-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: fetchmail-6.4.22-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: fetchmail-6.4.22-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159824 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for fetchmail (ELSA-2022-1964)
  • 182075 Debian Security Update for fetchmail (CVE-2021-39272)
  • 240272 Red Hat Update for fetchmail (RHSA-2022:1964)
  • 281929 Fedora Security Update for fetchmail (FEDORA-2021-9998719311)
  • 281930 Fedora Security Update for fetchmail (FEDORA-2021-ddefbdbb46)
  • 296061 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 42.113.1 Missing (CPUJAN2022)
  • 501844 Alpine Linux Security Update for fetchmail
  • 504739 Alpine Linux Security Update for fetchmail
  • 690051 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for fetchmail (1d6410e8-06c1-11ec-a35d-03ca114d16d6)
  • 710623 Gentoo Linux Fetchmail Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202209-14)
  • 751263 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for fetchmail (SUSE-SU-2021:3492-1)
  • 751269 OpenSUSE Security Update for fetchmail (openSUSE-SU-2021:3493-1)
  • 751301 OpenSUSE Security Update for fetchmail (openSUSE-SU-2021:1416-1)
  • 751492 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for fetchmail (SUSE-SU-2021:4018-1)
  • 751503 OpenSUSE Security Update for fetchmail (openSUSE-SU-2021:4018-1)
  • 751527 OpenSUSE Security Update for fetchmail (openSUSE-SU-2021:1591-1)
  • 901402 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for fetchmail (7227)
  • 907296 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for fetchmail (7227-1)
  • 940538 AlmaLinux Security Update for fetchmail (ALSA-2022:1964)
  • 960318 Rocky Linux Security Update for fetchmail (RLSA-2022:1964)
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