CVE catalog
CVE-2021-39272
fetchmail: CVE-2021-39272
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.92% · Oct 25, 2026
Fetchmail before 6.4.22 fails to enforce STARTTLS session encryption in some circumstances, such as a certain situation with IMAP and PREAUTH.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | fetchmail | sid | 6.6.9-1 | fixed |
| Debian | fetchmail | forky | 6.6.9-1 | fixed |
| Debian | fetchmail | trixie | 6.4.39-1 | fixed |
| Debian | fetchmail | bookworm | 6.4.37-1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | fetchmail | tumbleweed | 6.4.22-1.1 | fixed |
| Suse | fetchmail | linux enterprise server 12 sp5 | 6.3.26-13.15.1 | fixed |
| Suse | fetchmail | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp5 | 6.3.26-13.15.1 | fixed |
| Suse | fetchmail | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 sp2 | 6.3.26-20.17.1 | fixed |
| Suse | fetchmail | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 sp3 | 6.3.26-20.17.1 | fixed |
| Suse | fetchmail | linux enterprise module for desktop applications 15 sp2 | 6.3.26-20.17.1 | fixed |
| Suse | fetchmail | linux enterprise module for desktop applications 15 sp3 | 6.3.26-20.17.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | fetchmail | leap 15.2 | 6.3.26-lp152.6.9.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | fetchmail | 16.04 | 6.3.26-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | fetchmail | 16.04 | 6.3.26-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | fetchmail | 18.04 | 6.3.26-3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | fetchmail | 18.04 | 6.3.26-3build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | fetchmail | 18.04 | 6.3.26-3ubuntu0.1~18.04.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | fetchmail | 20.04 | 6.4.0~rc4-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | fetchmail | 20.04 | 6.4.1-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | fetchmail | 20.04 | 6.4.2-2 | vulnerable |
| Opensuse | fetchmail | leap 15.3 | 6.3.26-20.17.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | fetchmail | source | sid | 6.4.22-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [993163] |
| Debian | fetchmail | source | forky | 6.4.22-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [993163] |
| Debian | fetchmail | source | trixie | 6.4.22-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [993163] |
| Debian | fetchmail | source | bookworm | 6.4.22-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [993163] |
| Opensuse | fetchmail | rpm | tumbleweed | 6.4.22-1.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11573-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | fetchmail | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp5 | 6.3.26-13.15.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2021:3492-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | fetchmail | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp5 | 6.3.26-13.15.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2021:3492-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | fetchmail | rpm | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 sp2 | 6.3.26-20.17.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2021:3493-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | fetchmail | rpm | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 sp3 | 6.3.26-20.17.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2021:3493-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | fetchmail | rpm | linux enterprise module for desktop applications 15 sp2 | 6.3.26-20.17.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2021:3493-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | fetchmail | rpm | linux enterprise module for desktop applications 15 sp3 | 6.3.26-20.17.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2021:3493-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | fetchmail | rpm | leap 15.2 | 6.3.26-lp152.6.9.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1416-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | fetchmail | rpm | leap 15.3 | 6.3.26-20.17.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2021:3493-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [fetchmailconf]Unknown
Source package: [fetchmail]
Details (1)
6.6.1-3.3· x86_64 · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
6.4.22-1.1Version impact unknown
dsa · fetchmail · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [fetchmail]Fixed
Source package: [fetchmail]
Details (1)
6.6.1-3.3· x86_64 · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
6.4.22-1.1dsa · fetchmail · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [fetchmail]Fixed
Details (2)
6.4.37-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
6.4.22-1dsa · fetchmail · debian · bookworm; dsa · fetchmail · debian · 12
6.4.37-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
6.4.22-1dsa · fetchmail · debian · bookworm; dsa · fetchmail · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1964]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2022_1964.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-39272]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2021:3492-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2021:3493-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39272]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:1416-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2021:3493-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11573-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-39272]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2022/wid-sec-w-2022-0302.json]
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