CVE-2021-39272 SUSE CVE security@suse.de SUSE Security Team SUSE CVE-2021-39272 Interim 1 45 2026-03-05T05:15:03Z current 2021-09-02T00:57:24Z 2026-03-05T05:15:03Z cve-database/bin/generate-cvrf-cve.pl 2020-12-27T01:00:00Z CVE-2021-39272 Fetchmail before 6.4.22 fails to enforce STARTTLS session encryption in some circumstances, such as a certain situation with IMAP and PREAUTH. 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Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 openSUSE Leap 15.2 openSUSE Leap 15.3 openSUSE Tumbleweed fetchmail fetchmail-6.3.26-13.15.1 fetchmail-6.4.22-1.1 fetchmail-6.4.22-150600.33.3 fetchmail-6.4.22-20.20.1 fetchmail-6.4.22-lp152.6.12.1 fetchmail-6.4.24-1.el8 fetchmail-6.5.2-160000.2.2 fetchmailconf fetchmailconf-6.3.26-13.15.1 fetchmailconf-6.4.22-1.1 fetchmailconf-6.4.22-150600.33.3 fetchmailconf-6.4.22-20.20.1 fetchmailconf-6.4.22-lp152.6.12.1 fetchmail-6.4.22-20.20.1 as a component of SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 fetchmailconf-6.4.22-20.20.1 as a component of SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 fetchmail-6.4.22-20.20.1 as a component of SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 fetchmailconf-6.4.22-20.20.1 as a component of SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 fetchmail-6.4.24-1.el8 as a component of SUSE Liberty Linux 8 fetchmail-6.4.22-20.20.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS fetchmailconf-6.4.22-20.20.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 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15 SP5 fetchmail-6.4.22-150600.33.3 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 fetchmail-6.4.22-150600.33.3 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 fetchmailconf-6.4.22-20.20.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2 fetchmailconf-6.4.22-20.20.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3 fetchmailconf-6.4.22-20.20.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4 fetchmailconf-6.4.22-20.20.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP5 fetchmailconf-6.4.22-150600.33.3 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP6 fetchmailconf-6.4.22-150600.33.3 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP7 fetchmail-6.3.26-13.15.1 as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-TERADATA fetchmailconf-6.3.26-13.15.1 as a component of SUSE 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fetchmail as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for Teradata fetchmail as a component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS Fetchmail before 6.4.22 fails to enforce STARTTLS session encryption in some circumstances, such as a certain situation with IMAP and PREAUTH. 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