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CVE-2011-0411

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-0411 describes a plaintext command injection vulnerability in the STARTTLS implementation of Postfix versions 2.4.x, 2.5.x, 2.6.x, and 2.7.x. This flaw allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert commands into encrypted SMTP sessions by exploiting improper I/O buffering. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
16.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1633 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: postfix-2:2.2.10-1.4.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: postfix-2:2.3.3-2.2.el5_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: postfix-2:2.6.6-2.1.el6_0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2011-0411Moderate

postfix: SMTP commands injection during plaintext to TLS session switch

Mar 5, 2011

References

kb.juniper.net / InfoCenter/index
lists.apple.com / archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056559.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056560.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00005.html
secunia.com / advisories/43646
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/43874
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201206-33.xml
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/65932
support.apple.com / kb/HT5002
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2233
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/555316
US Government Resource
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/MORO-8ELH6Z
US Government Resource
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2021/08/10/2
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2011-301950.html
osvdb.org / 71021
postfix.org / CVE-2011-0411.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0422.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0423.html
securityfocus.com / bid/46767
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0611
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0752
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0891