National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-1721

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

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External Source: BID

Name: 17446

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17446

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-1306

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/1306

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19618

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19618

External Source: MISC

Name: http://labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200604-01.txt

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200604-01.txt

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-sasl&msg=7775

Hyperlink:http://asg.web.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-sasl&msg=7775

External Source: XF

Name: cyrus-sasl-digest-dos(25738)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/25738

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-272-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-272-1

External Source: TRUSTIX

Name: 2006-0024

Hyperlink:http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080604 VMSA-2008-0009 Updates to VMware Workstation, VMware Player, VMware ACE, VMware Fusion, VMware Server, VMware VIX API, VMware ESX, VMware ESXi resolve critical security issues

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0878

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0878.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0795

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0795.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2006:025

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_05.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:073

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:073

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200604-09

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-09.xml

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1744

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1744

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-3852

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/3852

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1042

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1042

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-426.htm

Hyperlink:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-426.htm

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1016960

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016960

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30535

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30535

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 27237

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/27237

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26857

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26857

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 26708

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/26708

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 22187

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/22187

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20014

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20014

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19964

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19964

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19825

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19825

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19809

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19809

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 19753

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/19753

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20060410 [MU-200604-01] Cyrus SASL DIGEST-MD5 Pre-Authentication Denial of Service

Hyperlink:http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/044992.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2006-09-29

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDKSA-2006:073

Hyperlink:http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:073

External Source: SGI

Name: 20070901-01-P

Hyperlink:ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc