CVE-2021-32066
Publication date 15 July 2021
Last updated 25 August 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
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."
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ruby1.9.1 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| ruby2.0 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| ruby2.3 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial |
Fixed 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16+esm1
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| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| ruby2.5 | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Not in release | |
| 18.04 LTS bionic |
Fixed 2.5.1-1ubuntu1.10
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |
| ruby2.7 | ||
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Fixed 2.7.0-5ubuntu1.5
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| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not in release | |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
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| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | High |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
References
Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)
- USN-5020-1
- Ruby vulnerabilities
- 21 July 2021