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.

Database specific

{
    "review_status": "REVIEWED",
    "url": "https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0178"
}

References

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