CVE-2016-7142

MEDIUM

Inspircd < 2.0.22 - Access Control

Title source: rule

Description

The m_sasl module in InspIRCd before 2.0.23, when used with a service that supports SASL_EXTERNAL authentication, allows remote attackers to spoof certificate fingerprints and consequently log in as another user via a crafted SASL message.

References (5)

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3662

[Release Notes, Vendor Advisory] http://www.inspircd.org/2016/09/03/v2023-released.html

[Third Party Advisory] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/8

[Patch] https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/74fafb7f11b06747f69f182ad5e3769b665eea7a

[Mailing List] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/04/3

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0014

EPSS Percentile 33.4%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Affected Products (3)

inspircd/inspircd < 2.0.22

debian/debian_linux

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Sep 26, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026