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Postfix Cyrus SASL Authentication Context Data Reuse Memory Corruption
medium Nessus Plugin ID 54583
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Synopsis
The remote mail server is potentially affected by a memory corruption vulnerability.Description
According to its banner, the version of the Postfix mail server listening on this port is earlier than 2.5.13, 2.6.19, 2.7.4, or 2.8.3. Such versions may be vulnerable to a memory corruption attack if they have Cyrus SASL enabled and are allowing authentication methods other than ANONYMOUS, LOGIN, and PLAIN. Code execution as the unprivileged postfix user may also be possible.Note that Nessus did not test whether the remote server was using Cyrus specifically, as opposed to another SASL library such as Dovecot.
Solution
Upgrade to Postfix 2.5.13 / 2.6.19 / 2.7.4 / 2.8.3 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 54583
File Name: postfix_memory_corruption.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: remote
Family: SMTP problems
Published: 5/19/2011
Updated: 11/15/2018
Configuration: Enable paranoid mode
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:postfix:postfix
Required KB Items: Settings/ParanoidReport, SMTP/postfix
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/9/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2011
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-1720
BID: 47778