5.9

CVE-2021-39272: fedoraproject fedora

Modified
AliasesMGASA-2021-0548SUSE-SU-2021:3492-1SUSE-SU-2021:3493-1
Published 30-08-2021Last modified 04-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2021-39272 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.9, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.92%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 3
OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1591-1OPENSUSE-SU-2021:4018-1RHSA-2022:1964SUSE-SU-2021:4018-1

Timeline

  1. 30-08-2021
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.92%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

60%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.92% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Suse6 products
  • fetchmail&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2< 6.3.26-20.17.1
  • fetchmail&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3< 6.3.26-20.17.1
  • fetchmail&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2< 6.3.26-20.17.1
  • fetchmail&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3< 6.3.26-20.17.1
  • fetchmail&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5< 6.3.26-13.15.1
Opensuse3 products
  • fetchmail&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.2< 6.3.26-lp152.6.9.1
  • fetchmail&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.3< 6.3.26-20.17.1
  • fetchmail&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 6.4.22-1.1
Alpine1 product
  • fetchmail< 6.4.22-r0
Debian1 product
  • fetchmail< 6.4.22-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Fetchmail1 product
Mageia1 product
  • fetchmail< 6.4.24-1.mga8
Ubuntu1 product
  • fetchmailAll versions (No fix recorded)

8 vendors · 15 products

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