CVEvulnerability

CVE-2012-3523

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2012-11-11 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-11-11
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-264

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• isc inn (<= 2.5.2) • isc inn 1.4 • isc inn 1.4sec • isc inn 1.4sec2 • isc inn 1.4unoff3 • isc inn 1.4unoff4 • isc inn 1.5 • isc inn 1.5.1 • isc inn 1.7 • isc inn 1.7.2 • isc inn 2.0 • isc inn 2.1 • isc inn 2.2 • isc inn 2.2.1 • isc inn 2.2.2 • isc inn 2.2.3 • isc inn 2.4.0

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

References