Perdition before 2.2 may have weak security when handling outbound connections, caused by an error in the STARTTLS IMAP and POP server.…

Description

Perdition before 2.2 may have weak security when handling outbound connections, caused by an error in the STARTTLS IMAP and POP server. ssl_outgoing_ciphers not being applied to STARTTLS connections

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.

Weakness

• not applied to STARTTLS connections
• CWE-755 (opens in a new tab)Other CVEs with CWE-755

Affected products

• Perdition · Perdition

  • affected before 2.2

References (6)

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4584 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4584 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89184 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63696 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://github.com/horms/perdition/commit/62a0ce94aeb7dd99155882956ce9e327ab914ddf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_upstream_fixx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 16:45 UTC.