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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.