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CVE-2016-7142

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-09-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0
• Inspircd: through 2.0.22

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3662
• http://www.inspircd.org/2016/09/03/v2023-released.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/04/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/8
• https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/74fafb7f11b06747f69f182ad5e3769b665eea7a
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3662
• http://www.inspircd.org/2016/09/03/v2023-released.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/04/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/05/8
• https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/commit/74fafb7f11b06747f69f182ad5e3769b665eea7a

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