CVE-2021-32066
HIGHRuby < 2.6.7 - Improper Exception Handling
Title source: ruleDescription
An issue was discovered in Ruby through 2.6.7, 2.7.x through 2.7.3, and 3.x through 3.0.1. Net::IMAP does not raise an exception when StartTLS fails with an an unknown response, which might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to bypass the TLS protections by leveraging a network position between the client and the registry to block the StartTLS command, aka a "StartTLS stripping attack."
Scores
CVSS v3
7.4
EPSS
0.0009
EPSS Percentile
25.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Classification
CWE
CWE-755
Status
published
Affected Products (2)
ruby-lang/ruby
< 2.6.7
oracle/jd_edwards_enterpriseone_tools
< 9.2.6.1
Timeline
Published
Aug 01, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026