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CVE-2017-15042 Detail

Description

An unintended cleartext issue exists in Go before 1.8.4 and 1.9.x before 1.9.1. RFC 4954 requires that, during SMTP, the PLAIN auth scheme must only be used on network connections secured with TLS. The original implementation of smtp.PlainAuth in Go 1.0 enforced this requirement, and it was documented to do so. In 2013, upstream issue #5184, this was changed so that the server may decide whether PLAIN is acceptable. The result is that if you set up a man-in-the-middle SMTP server that doesn't advertise STARTTLS and does advertise that PLAIN auth is OK, the smtp.PlainAuth implementation sends the username and password.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101197 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101197 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3463
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3463
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0878
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0878
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/22134 Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/22134 Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://golang.org/cl/68023 Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://golang.org/cl/68023 Issue Tracking  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://golang.org/cl/68210 Vendor Advisory 
https://golang.org/cl/68210 Vendor Advisory 
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-dev/RinSE3EiJBI/kYL7zb07AgAJ Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-dev/RinSE3EiJBI/kYL7zb07AgAJ Mailing List  Vendor Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-23 Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-23 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-15042
NVD Published Date:
10/05/2017
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE