Vulnerability CVE-2011-1926
Published: 2011-05-23   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
The STARTTLS implementation in Cyrus IMAP Server before 2.4.7 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.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5.1/10
6.4/10
4.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
CMU -> Cyrus imap server 

 References:
http://bugzilla.cyrusimap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3423
http://bugzilla.cyrusimap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3424
http://git.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-imapd/patch/?id=523a91a5e86c8b9a27a138f04a3e3f2d8786f162
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061374.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-June/061415.html
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/17/15
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/17/2
http://www.cyrusimap.org/docs/cyrus-imapd/2.4.7/changes.php
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2242
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2258
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/555316
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:100
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0859.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025625
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705288
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67867
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