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Vulnerability · Published Aug 30, 2021 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2021-39272

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in the fetchmail package (AlmaLinux). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 61% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Fetchmail before 6.4.22 fails to enforce STARTTLS session encryption in some circumstances, such as a certain situation with IMAP and PREAUTH.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8fetchmail6.4.24-1.el8ALSA-2022:1964
Alpine:v3.20fetchmail6.4.22-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-39272
Alpine:v3.21fetchmail6.4.22-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-39272
Alpine:v3.22fetchmail6.4.22-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-39272
Alpine:v3.23fetchmail6.4.22-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-39272
Alpine:v3.24fetchmail6.4.22-r0ALPINE-CVE-2021-39272
Debian:12fetchmail6.4.22-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39272
Debian:13fetchmail6.4.22-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39272
Debian:14fetchmail6.4.22-1DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39272
Rocky Linux:8fetchmail0:6.4.24-1.el8RLSA-2022:1964

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References