CVE-2006-1721
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-04-11 23:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 17:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-04-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- e44549e7accd84619de5645ce18ba457829ef5c8957298828911199ed5976a9d
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com26708http://secunia.com/advisories/26708
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1744http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744
- secunia.com19825http://secunia.com/advisories/19825
- asg.web.cmu.eduhttp://asg.web.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.cyrus-sasl&msg=7775
- secunia.com19809http://secunia.com/advisories/19809
- secunia.com19618http://secunia.com/advisories/19618
- secunia.com19753http://secunia.com/advisories/19753
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9861https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9861
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcyrus-sasl-digest-dos(25738)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25738
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-426.htm
- labs.musecurity.comhttp://labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200604-01.txt
- secunia.com26857http://secunia.com/advisories/26857
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html
- lists.grok.org.uk20060410 [MU-200604-01] Cyrus SASL DIGEST-MD5 Pre-Authentication Denial of Servicehttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/044992.html
- secunia.com22187http://secunia.com/advisories/22187
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:073http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:073
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3852http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3852
- secunia.com27237http://secunia.com/advisories/27237
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0878http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0878.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0795http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0795.html
- secunia.com20014http://secunia.com/advisories/20014
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2006-09-29http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Sep/msg00002.html
- secunia.com30535http://secunia.com/advisories/30535
- www.securityfocus.com17446http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17446
- secunia.com19964http://secunia.com/advisories/19964
- www.securityfocus.com20080604 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 issueshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded
- www.trustix.org2006-0024http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024
- patches.sgi.com20070901-01-Pftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070901-01-P.asc
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-272-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/272-1/
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2006:025http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_05.html
- securitytracker.com1016960http://securitytracker.com/id?1016960
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200604-09http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-09.xml
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-1306http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1306
- www.debian.orgDSA-1042http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1042
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cyrus-sasl2 Fixed in 2.1.19.dfsg1-0.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cyrus-sasl2 Fixed in 2.1.19.dfsg1-0.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cyrus-sasl2 Fixed in 2.1.19.dfsg1-0.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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