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CVE-2021-33900

StartTLS and SASL confidentiality protection bypass

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 26, 2021 at 07:05 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:55 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorDirectory Studio

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

While investigating DIRSTUDIO-1219 it was noticed that configured StartTLS encryption was not applied when any SASL authentication mechanism (DIGEST-MD5, GSSAPI) was used. While investigating DIRSTUDIO-1220 it was noticed that any configured SASL confidentiality layer was not applied. This issue affects Apache Directory Studio version 2.0.0.v20210213-M16 and prior versions.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCMailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1dbcc43a5b406e45d335343a1704f4233de613140a01929d102fdc9%40%3Cusers.directory.apache.org%3E

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-311CWE-319

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