GO-2021-0178

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    GO-2021-0178

    Published: 7 Jan 2022Last Modified: 20 May 2024

    Summary: Cleartext transmission of credentials in net/smtp

    Details: SMTP clients using net/smtp can use the PLAIN authentication scheme on network connections not secured with TLS, exposing passwords to man-in-the-middle SMTP servers.

    References: https://go.dev/cl/68170, https://go.googlesource.com/go/+/ec3b6131de8f9c9c25283260c95c616c74f6d790, https://go.dev/issue/22134, https://groups.google.com/g/golang-dev/c/RinSE3EiJBI/m/kYL7zb07AgAJ

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: stdlib

    Purl: pkg:golang/stdlib

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 1.1.0-0
    Fixed -1.8.4

    Affected versions

    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
    GO-2021-0178 | CVE-DB