CVE-2012-3523 (GCVE-0-2012-3523)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-11-11 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:05
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Summary
The STARTTLS implementation in nnrpd in INN before 2.5.3 does not properly restrict I/O buffering, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert commands into encrypted sessions by sending a cleartext command that is processed after TLS is in place, related to a "plaintext command injection" attack, a similar issue to CVE-2011-0411.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/50661 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Date Public
2012-09-14 00:00
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