CVE-2011-2165

Summary

CVECVE-2011-2165
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-05-23 22:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe STARTTLS implementation in WatchGuard XCS 9.0 and 9.1 does not properly restrict I/O buffering, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert commands into encrypted SMTP 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Watchguard Xcs 9.0 All All All
Application Watchguard Xcs 9.1 All All All
Application Watchguard Xcs 9.0 All All All
Application Watchguard Xcs 9.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.watchguard.com/support/release-notes/xcs/9/en-US/EN_ReleaseNotes_XCS_9_1_1/E... CONFIRM www.watchguard.com
WatchGuard XCS "STARTTLS" Plaintext Injection Vulnerability - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Watchguard Technologies, Inc. Information for VU#555316 CONFIRM www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#555316 - STARTTLS plaintext command injection vulnerability CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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