FreeBSD : Postfix -- memory corruption vulnerability (3eb2c100-738b-11e0-89f4-001e90d46635)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53852

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The Postfix SMTP server has a memory corruption error, when the Cyrus SASL library is used with authentication mechanisms other than PLAIN and LOGIN (ANONYMOUS is not affected, but should not be used for other reasons). This memory corruption is known to result in a program crash (SIGSEV).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.postfix.org/CVE-2011-1720.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?6bd4727f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53852

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3eb2c100738b11e089f4001e90d46635.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 5/10/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postfix, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postfix-base, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postfix-current, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:postfix-current-base, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1720