6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2011-1720
Postfix SMTP Server SASL Authentication RCE DOS Vulnerability
Description

The SMTP server in Postfix before 2.5.13, 2.6.x before 2.6.10, 2.7.x before 2.7.4, and 2.8.x before 2.8.3, when certain Cyrus SASL authentication methods are enabled, does not create a new server handle after client authentication fails, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an invalid AUTH command with one method followed by an AUTH command with a different method.

INFO

Published Date :

May 13, 2011, 5:05 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:26 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2011-1720 has a 4 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2011-1720 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Postfix postfix
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2011-1720.

URL Resource
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44500 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-33.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8247
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2233
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/727230 US Government Resource
http://www.mail-archive.com/postfix-announce%40postfix.org/msg00007.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:090
http://www.osvdb.org/72259
http://www.postfix.org/CVE-2011-1720.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-2.8.3.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517917/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47778 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025521
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1131-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699035
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67359
http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00002.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44500 Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-33.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8247
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2233
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/727230 US Government Resource
http://www.mail-archive.com/postfix-announce%40postfix.org/msg00007.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:090
http://www.osvdb.org/72259
http://www.postfix.org/CVE-2011-1720.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.postfix.org/announcements/postfix-2.8.3.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517917/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47778 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025521
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1131-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699035
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67359

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Scan d'énumération de cibles

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jok3r*Jok3r* is a Python3 CLI application which is aimed at **helping penetration testers for network infrastructure and web black-box security tests**.

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Born at : Jan. 21, 2019, 3:44 p.m. This repo has been linked 18 different CVEs too.

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Born at : May 4, 2018, 11:37 a.m. This repo has been linked 14 different CVEs too.

Exploit of CVE-2011-1720.

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Born at : March 21, 2015, 8:59 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2011-1720 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2011-1720 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://www.mail-archive.com/postfix-announce%40postfix.org/msg00007.html [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00007.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 09, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/517917/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517917/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/67359 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67359 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 08, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 13, 2011

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

88.66 }} 1.90%

score

0.98590

percentile

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