CVE-2021-46853 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2021-46853

Alpine before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial...

Vulnerability Description

Alpine before 2.25 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) when LIST or LSUB is sent before STARTTLS.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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Affected Vendor

alpine project

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Affected Software

alpine
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 3rd, 2022
Last Modified: May 5th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.