| Name | CVE-2021-38373 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | low |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| kmail (PTS) | buster | 4:18.08.3-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 4:20.08.3-1 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm, sid | 4:21.12.3-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kmail | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) |
[bullseye] - kmail <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - kmail <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423423
https://nostarttls.secvuln.info