CVE-2006-1721 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the CMU Cyrus SASL library, specifically affecting versions 2.1.18 and potentially earlier versions before 2.1.21. Remote, unauthenticated attackers can trigger a segmentation fault by sending malformed inputs during DIGEST-MD5 negotiation. This vulnerability has a low severity score of 2.6, indicating a network-based attack with high access complexity and a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.18_r1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.18_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.18_r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.18_r2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.19CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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