First published: Tue Aug 10 2021(Updated: )
In Alpine before 2.25, untagged responses from an IMAP server are accepted before STARTTLS.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Alpine Project Alpine | <2.25 |
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The vulnerability ID for this Alpine issue is CVE-2021-38370.
CVE-2021-38370 has a severity rating of medium (5.9).
CVE-2021-38370 allows untagged responses from an IMAP server to be accepted before STARTTLS, which can result in unauthorized access to sensitive information.
The affected software for CVE-2021-38370 is Alpine version up to (exclusive) 2.25.
Yes, updating Alpine to version 2.25 or later will fix CVE-2021-38370.