High severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 26, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024

StartTLS and SASL confidentiality protection bypass

CVE-2021-33900

Description

While investigating DIRSTUDIO-1219 it was noticed that configured StartTLS encryption was not applied when any SASL authentication mechanism (DIGEST-MD5, GSSAPI) was used. While investigating DIRSTUDIO-1220 it was noticed that any configured SASL confidentiality layer was not applied. This issue affects Apache Directory Studio version 2.0.0.v20210213-M16 and prior versions.

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.directory.studio:org.apache.directory.studio.parentMaven	< 2.0.0.v20210717-M17	2.0.0.v20210717-M17

Affected products

ghsa-coords
pkg:maven/org.apache.directory.studio/org.apache.directory.studio.parent
Range: < 2.0.0.v20210717-M17
Apache/Directory Studiocpe-rescue
Range: unspecified

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-4x25-f45x-grv5ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33900ghsaADVISORY
lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1dbcc43a5b406e45d335343a1704f4233de613140a01929d102fdc9%40%3Cusers.directory.apache.org%3Eghsax_refsource_MISCWEB

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