Vulnerability Report

CVE-2021-46853

Title: Alpine Project Alpine Path Traversal / LFI

Path Traversal / LFI

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2021-46853.

CWE Category CWE-367
Published Date Nov 03, 2022
Modified Date May 05, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.9 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.41%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2021-46853: Alpine before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) when LIST or LSUB is sent before STARTTLS.

Impacted Vendors

A
alpine_project 1
U
university_of_washington 1

Reference Links

https://bugs.gentoo.org/807613 https://nostarttls.secvuln.info/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-07 https://bugs.gentoo.org/807613 https://nostarttls.secvuln.info/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-07
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.9
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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Severity MEDIUM
5.9
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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2021-46853 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.