CVE-2021-33900

HIGH

Apache Directory Studio < 1.5.3 - Cleartext Transmission

Title source: rule

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.

References (1)

[Mailing List, Vendor Advisory] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb1dbcc43a5b406e45d335343a1704f4233de613140a01929d102fdc9%40%3Cusers.directory.apache.org%3E

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5

EPSS 0.0019

EPSS Percentile 40.8%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-319 CWE-311

Status published

Products (3)

apache/directory_studio 2.0.0 milestone1 (16 CPE variants)

apache/directory_studio < 1.5.3

org.apache.directory.studio/org.apache.directory.studio.parent 0 - 2.0.0.v20210717-M17Maven

Published Jul 26, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026