Bug 1190174 (CVE-2021-38373) - VUL-0: CVE-2021-38373: kmail: STARTTLS is ignored when "Server requires authentication" not checked in UI
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2021-38373: kmail: STARTTLS is ignored when "Server requires authe...
Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2021-38373
Product: SUSE Security Incidents
Classification: Novell Products
Component: Incidents (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Normal
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QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/306160/
Whiteboard: CVSSv3.1:SUSE:CVE-2021-38373:6.5:(AV:...
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Blocks: NOSTARTTLS
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Reported: 2021-09-03 14:54 UTC by Marcus Meissner
Modified: 2021-09-03 15:15 UTC (History)
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Found By: Security Response Team
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Description Marcus Meissner 2021-09-03 14:54:45 UTC 
rh#1995180

The STARTTLS option of SMTP is ignored, when "Server requires authentication" is not checked. In this case kmail will send any mail in cleartext.

References:

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423423

References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1995180
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-38373
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-38373
https://nostarttls.secvuln.info
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423423