CVE-2021-38372 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In KDE Trojita 0.7, man-in-the-middle attackers can create new folders because untagged responses from an IMAP server are accepted before STARTTLS.

Published: 2021-08-10

Score: 3.7 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:kde:trojita:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-24825	In KDE Trojita 0.7, man-in-the-middle attackers can create new folders because untagged responses from an IMAP server are accepted before STARTTLS.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00788.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432353
https://nostarttls.secvuln.info

History

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Subscriptions

Kde Trojita

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-08-10T14:51:05.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:37:16.483Z

Reserved: 2021-08-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38372

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-10T15:15:08.350

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:01:58.173

Link: CVE-2021-38372

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-77
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

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