CVE-2011-1720
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-119
Buffer Errors
Publication date:
13/05/2011
Last modified:
11/04/2025
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.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:postfix:postfix:2.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44500
- 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
- http://www.mail-archive.com/postfix-announce%40postfix.org/msg00007.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011%3A090
- http://www.osvdb.org/72259
- http://www.postfix.org/CVE-2011-1720.html
- http://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-2.8.3.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517917/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47778
- 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
- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44500
- 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
- http://www.mail-archive.com/postfix-announce%40postfix.org/msg00007.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011%3A090
- http://www.osvdb.org/72259
- http://www.postfix.org/CVE-2011-1720.html
- http://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-2.8.3.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517917/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47778
- 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