PT-2011-3653
CVE-2011-2165
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Published
2011-03-16
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Updated
2017-08-29
Description by
CVSS 2.0
6.8
MediumMetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
WatchGuard XCS versions 9.0 through 9.1
Description
The issue is related to a "plaintext command injection" attack, where the STARTTLS implementation does not properly restrict I/O buffering. This 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.
Recommendations
For WatchGuard XCS versions 9.0 through 9.1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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