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FreeBSD : fetchmail -- STARTTLS bypass vulnerabilities (1d6410e8-06c1-11ec-a35d-03ca114d16d6)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 152901

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Problem :

In certain circumstances, fetchmail 6.4.21 and older would not encrypt the session using STARTTLS/STLS, and might not have cleared session state across the TLS negotiation.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-SA-2021-02.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?74ddd91e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 152901

File Name: freebsd_pkg_1d6410e806c111eca35d03ca114d16d6.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 8/30/2021

Updated: 9/7/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-39272

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:fetchmail, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-39272