CVE-2020-29547 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An issue was discovered in Citadel through webcit-926. Meddler-in-the-middle attackers can pipeline commands after POP3 STLS, IMAP STARTTLS, or SMTP STARTTLS commands, injecting cleartext commands into an encrypted user session. This can lead to credential disclosure.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00318.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:citadel:webcit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Citadel Subscribe	Webcit Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-21913	An issue was discovered in Citadel through webcit-926. Meddler-in-the-middle attackers can pipeline commands after POP3 STLS, IMAP STARTTLS, or SMTP STARTTLS commands, injecting cleartext commands into an encrypted user session. This can lead to credential disclosure.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://uncensored.citadel.org/dotgoto?room=Citadel%20Security
http://uncensored.citadel.org/msg/4576039

History

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-05-29T00:00:00

Updated: 2025-01-14T17:52:53.266Z

Reserved: 2020-12-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-29547

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:55:10.308Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-29T19:15:09.413

Modified: 2025-01-14T18:15:21.907

Link: CVE-2020-29547

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-77

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