Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-3523

RCE

Title: Isc Inn RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-3523.

CWE Category CWE-264
Published Date Nov 11, 2012
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 6.8 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
3.23%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-3523: 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.

Impacted Vendors

I
isc 1
I
inn 1
S
suse 1

Reference Links

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 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
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
6.8
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-3523 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.