CVE-2021-38373
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-08-10 14:51
Modified
2024-08-04 01:37
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423423Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://nostarttls.secvuln.infoThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423423Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://nostarttls.secvuln.infoThird Party Advisory
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