PT-2014-1690 · Nginx+1 · Nginx+1

Published 2014-08-05 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2014-3556

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CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions nginx versions 1.5.x through 1.6.0 nginx versions 1.7.x through 1.7.3

Description The issue 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. This enables attackers to gain access to confidential information sent by the client.

Recommendations For nginx versions 1.5.x through 1.6.0, update to version 1.6.1 or later. For nginx versions 1.7.x through 1.7.3, update to version 1.7.4 or later.

Fix

Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-77

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-1989

BDU:2015-00638

CVE-2014-3556

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10044-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Nginx

References · 29

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=142103967620673&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3556 · Vendor Advisory
• http://nginx.org/download/patch.2014.starttls.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3556 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-3556 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10044-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3556 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-1989 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3556 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-00638 · Security Note
• http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2014/000144.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3556 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3556 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3556 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0747 · Note