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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-39272: Moderate: fetchmail security update (ALSA-2022-1964)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-39272: Moderate: fetchmail security update (ALSA-2022-1964)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
08/30/2021
Created
05/14/2022
Added
05/13/2022
Modified
10/28/2022

Description

Fetchmail before 6.4.22 fails to enforce STARTTLS session encryption in some circumstances, such as a certain situation with IMAP and PREAUTH.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-fetchmail

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