DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38373

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-38373
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38373.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38373
Upstream
Published
2021-08-10T15:15:08Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:03:35Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Debian:12 / ksmtp

Package

Name
ksmtp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ksmtp?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
21.12.3-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38373.json"

Debian:13 / ksmtp

Package

Name
ksmtp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ksmtp?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
21.12.3-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38373.json"

Debian:14 / ksmtp

Package

Name
ksmtp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/ksmtp?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
21.12.3-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-38373.json"