CVE-2012-3523 Information

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.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00058.html http://secunia.com/advisories/50661 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:156