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CVE-2012-3523

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
11/11/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.5.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:1.4sec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:1.4sec2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:1.4unoff3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:1.4unoff4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:isc:inn:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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