Vulnerability Report

CVE-2021-38373

Title: SMTP STARTTLS option not honored (cleartext messages sent) in KDE KMail

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2021-38373.

CWE Category CWE-77

Published Date Aug 10, 2021

Modified Date Nov 21, 2024

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.3 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.53%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2021-38373: 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.

Impacted Vendors

kmail 1

kde 1

Reference Links

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423423 https://nostarttls.secvuln.info https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423423 https://nostarttls.secvuln.info

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

HIGH

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

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

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

3.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2021-38373 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

November 21, 2024 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

August 10, 2021 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity HIGH

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.