CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-38084

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Published: Aug 03, 2021 | Modified: Sep 09, 2021
CVSS 3.x
8.1
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

An issue was discovered in the POP3 component of Courier Mail Server before 1.1.5. Meddler-in-the-middle attackers can pipeline commands after the POP3 STLS command, injecting plaintext commands into an encrypted user session.

Weakness

The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Courier_mail_server Courier-mta * 1.1.5 (excluding)
Courier Ubuntu bionic *
Courier Ubuntu hirsute *
Courier Ubuntu impish *
Courier Ubuntu kinetic *
Courier Ubuntu lunar *
Courier Ubuntu mantic *
Courier Ubuntu trusty *
Courier Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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