CVE-2021-38373

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    CVE-2021-38373

    Published: 10 Aug 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423423, https://nostarttls.secvuln.info

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 75e8d32a308490cc26f246e98f8f15438b0e7b50
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    19.12.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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