CVE-2006-1721

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.

Category

2.6
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 3.61% Top 15%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1721?
CVE-2006-1721 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1721?
To fix CVE-2006-1721, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1721 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-1721 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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