# CVE-2020-15955: In s/qmail through 4.0.07, an active MitM can inject arbitrary plaintext commands into a STARTTLS encrypted session between an SMTP client a

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-08-17 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

In s/qmail through 4.0.07, an active MitM can inject arbitrary plaintext commands into a STARTTLS encrypted session between an SMTP client and s/qmail. This allows e-mail messages and user credentials to be sent to the MitM attacker.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://www.fehcom.de/sqmail/sqmail.html
- https://nostarttls.secvuln.info/

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