CVE-2020-37248: Starttls Silent Downgrade
The code checks for the 'STARTTLS' capability and silently returns or passes if it is missing. This enables a STRIPTLS attack, where a Man-In-The-Middle (MitM) attacker intercepts the initial connection and removes 'STARTTLS' from the server's capabilities response. The application will silently downgrade to a cleartext connection, exposing sensitive informa
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The code checks for the 'STARTTLS' capability and silently returns or passes if it is missing. This enables a STRIPTLS attack, where a Man-In-The-Middle (MitM) attacker intercepts the initial connection and removes 'STARTTLS' from the server's capabilities response. The application will silently downgrade to a cleartext connection, exposing sensitive informa
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