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CVE-2011-1720 Detail

Description

The SMTP server in Postfix before 2.5.13, 2.6.x before 2.6.10, 2.7.x before 2.7.4, and 2.8.x before 2.8.3, when certain Cyrus SASL authentication methods are enabled, does not create a new server handle after client authentication fails, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid AUTH command with one method followed by an AUTH command with a different method.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00002.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-33.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8247
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2233
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/727230 US Government Resource 
http://www.mail-archive.com/postfix-announce%40postfix.org/msg00007.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:090
http://www.postfix.org/CVE-2011-1720.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-2.8.3.html Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517917/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47778 Patch 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025521
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1131-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699035
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67359

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-1720
NVD Published Date:
05/13/2011
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE