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POP3 Unencrypted Cleartext Login
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Mitigation
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote host is running a POP3 daemon that allows cleartext logins over unencrypted connections. NOTE: Depending on the POP3 server configuration valid credentials needs to be given to the settings of 'Login configurations' OID: 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10870.
Solution
Solution
Configure the remote server to always enforce encrypted connections via SSL/TLS with the 'STLS' command.