CVE-2021-46853 (GCVE-0-2021-46853)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-03 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-05 13:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Alpine before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) when LIST or LSUB is sent before STARTTLS.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-05 13:37 UTC
CWE
- n/a
- CWE-367 - Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
Assigner
References
3 references
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| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202301-07 | vendor-advisory |
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