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CVE-2006-1721 Detail

Current Description

digestmd5.c in the CMU Cyrus Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) library 2.1.18, and possibly other versions before 2.1.21, allows remote unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via malformed inputs in DIGEST-MD5 negotiation.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc CVE, MITRE
http://asg.web.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-sasl&msg=7775 CVE, MITRE
http://labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200604-01.txt CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/044992.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/19618 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19753 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19809 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19825 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/19964 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20014 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/22187 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26708 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/26857 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/27237 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30535 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016960 CVE, MITRE
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-426.htm CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1042 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-09.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:073 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_05.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0795.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0878.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17446 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1306 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25738 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9861 CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/272-1/ CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-1721
NVD Published Date:
04/11/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE