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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2011-2165 EUVD-2011-2157GHSA-7445-q6fm-5g46

The STARTTLS implementation in WatchGuard XCS 9.0 and 9.1 does not properly restrict I/O buffering, which allows man-in-the-middle attacker…

Published May 23, 2011 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

The STARTTLS implementation in WatchGuard XCS 9.0 and 9.1 does not properly restrict I/O buffering, which 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, related to a "plaintext command injection" attack, a similar issue to CVE-2011-0411.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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