Alpine: multiple fetchmail packages: security update to 6.4.21-r0 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400119

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Fetchmail before 6.4.22 fails to enforce STARTTLS session encryption in some circumstances, such as a
certain situation with IMAP and PREAUTH. (CVE-2021-39272)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400119

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.69

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-39272

Detections

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