7.4
HIGH
CVE-2021-32066
Apache Net::IMAP TLS Stripping Vulnerability
Description

An issue was discovered in Ruby through 2.6.7, 2.7.x through 2.7.3, and 3.x through 3.0.1. Net::IMAP does not raise an exception when StartTLS fails with an an unknown response, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass the TLS protections by leveraging a network position between the client and the registry to block the StartTLS command, aka a "StartTLS stripping attack."

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 1, 2021, 7:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:06 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-32066 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Ruby-lang ruby
1 Oracle jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-32066 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-32066 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/a21a3b7d23704a01d34bd79d09dc37897e00922a
    Added Reference https://hackerone.com/reports/1178562
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00009.html
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00033.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0004/
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
    Added Reference https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/07/07/starttls-stripping-in-net-imap/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 24, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202401-27 [No types assigned]
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Aug. 08, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-326 CWE-755
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 30, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00033.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 10, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html No Types Assigned https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 9.2.6.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 20, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Oct. 18, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00009.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00009.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0004/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0004/ Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 13, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00009.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 02, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210902-0004/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Aug. 10, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/a21a3b7d23704a01d34bd79d09dc37897e00922a No Types Assigned https://github.com/ruby/ruby/commit/a21a3b7d23704a01d34bd79d09dc37897e00922a Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://hackerone.com/reports/1178562 No Types Assigned https://hackerone.com/reports/1178562 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/07/07/starttls-stripping-in-net-imap/ No Types Assigned https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/07/07/starttls-stripping-in-net-imap/ Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-326
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.6.0 up to (including) 2.6.7 *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.7.0 up to (including) 2.7.3 *cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0 up to (including) 3.0.1
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.32 }} 0.07%

score

0.69930

percentile

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