CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-38084
8.1 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-08-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-74
Description
An issue was discovered in the POP3 component of Courier Mail Server before 1.1.5. Meddler-in-the-middle attackers can pipeline commands after the POP3 STLS command, injecting plaintext commands into an encrypted user session.
Affected configurations
• courier-mta courier mail server (< 1.1.5)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component weakness
References
- https://sourceforge.net/p/courier/mailman/courier-imap/thread/cone.1382574216.483027.8082.1000%40monster.email-scan.com/#msg31555583 Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/courier/mailman/message/37329216/ Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/courier/mailman/courier-imap/thread/cone.1382574216.483027.8082.1000%40monster.email-scan.com/#msg31555583 Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceforge.net/p/courier/mailman/message/37329216/ Third Party Advisory