GO-2021-0178

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Source

https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0178

Import Source

https://vuln.go.dev/ID/GO-2021-0178.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GO-2021-0178

Aliases

CVE-2017-15042

Published

2022-01-07T20:35:00Z

Modified

2024-05-20T16:03:47Z

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

Credits

- Stevie Johnstone

Affected packages

Go / stdlib

Package

Name: stdlib; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:golang/stdlib

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

1.1.0-0

Fixed

1.8.4

Introduced

1.9.0-0

Fixed

1.9.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "imports": [
        {
            "path": "net/smtp",
            "symbols": [
                "plainAuth.Start"
            ]
        }
    ]
}