CVE-2021-38373

CVSS V2 Low 3.5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.3

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.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-38373

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

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

Last Modified Date
2021-08-20T17:48:47

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-77	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/77.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kmail:19.12.3:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
3.5

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
6.8

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.3

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.6

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://nostarttls.secvuln.info	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423423	Mailing List Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38373
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38373

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 06:56:34				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 07:48:09	2021-08-10T15:15Z	2021-08-10T15:15:08	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 07:48:09		2021-08-20T17:48:47	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 07:48:09		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated