CVE-2013-4584

MEDIUM 5.9CVE-2013-4584 · Published 15/11/2019 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-4584 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability affecting perdition (horms).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.5%, higher than 74.8% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
perdition horms	`< 2.1`	`2.1`

Description

Perdition before 2.2 may have weak security when handling outbound connections, caused by an error in the STARTTLS IMAP and POP server. ssl_outgoing_ciphers not being applied to STARTTLS connections

References

openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/15/6 · Mailing List
securityfocus.com/bid/63696 · Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4584 · Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89184 · Third Party Advisory
horms/perdition commit 62a0ce9 · Patch
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4584 · Third Party Advisory

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