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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-33515

The submission service in Dovecot before 2.3.15 allows STARTTLS command injection in lib-smtp. Sensitive information can be redirected to an attacker-controlled address.

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CVEs
CVE-2021-33515
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1 Nov 2026, 07:56 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-33515

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Jun 2021, 13:15 UTC

The submission service in Dovecot before 2.3.15 allows STARTTLS command injection in lib-smtp. Sensitive information can be redirected to an attacker-controlled address.

osv:CVE-2021-33515
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-33515",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-33515",
    "summary": "The submission service in Dovecot before 2.3.15 allows STARTTLS command injection in lib-smtp. Sensitive information can be redirected to an attacker-controlled address.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-33515",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
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              "type": "GIT",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:00.642754776Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JB2VTJ3G2ILYWH5Y2FTY2PUHT2MD6VMI/",
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        "https://dovecot.org/security",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/09/msg00032.html",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-41",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 439603,
  "published_at": "2021-06-28T13:15:20.96+00:00"
}