CVE-2011-1926

cyrus-imapd: STARTTLS plaintext command injection

Published May 23, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 4.0% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2242-1 cyrus-imapd-2.2 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2258-1 kolab-cyrus-imapd security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-1924 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.
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 10:46 PM
Reserved
May 9, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 23, 2011, 10:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:30 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 25, 2011, 12:00 AM