{
  "cveId": "CVE-2021-38502",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-38502",
  "summary": "CVE-2021-38502 is fixed in 7 products on 2 platforms, first by Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 91.2.0, released October 4, 2021. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.",
  "title": "Mozilla Thunderbird and 1 other: Thunderbird ignored the configuration to require STARTTLS security for an SMTP connection.",
  "description": "Thunderbird ignored the configuration to require STARTTLS security for an SMTP connection. A MITM could perform a downgrade attack to intercept transmitted messages, or could take control of the authenticated session to execute SMTP commands chosen by the MITM. If an unprotected authentication method was configured, the MITM could obtain the authentication credentials, too. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird \u003C 91.2.",
  "published": "2021-10-13T00:00:00Z",
  "severity": "Important",
  "cvss": 7.5,
  "epss": 0.01101,
  "epssPercentile": 0.65918,
  "priority": "High",
  "priorityTier": 3,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "vendorAdvisory": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38502",
  "fixes": [
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      "platform": "windows-app",
      "product": "Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)",
      "fixedVersion": "91.2.0",
      "fix": "Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US) 91.2.0",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/windows-app/mozilla.thunderbird-91.2.0",
      "released": "2021-10-04T00:00:00Z"
    },
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      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "thunderbird",
      "release": "RHEL 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:91.2.0-1.el8_4",
      "fix": "RHSA-2021:3838",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2021-3838",
      "released": "2021-10-13T00:00:00Z"
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      "released": "2023-02-16T14:15:00Z"
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      "released": "2023-02-16T14:15:00Z"
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