Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840658
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1131-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'postfix' package(s) announced via the USN-1131-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'postfix' package(s) announced via the USN-1131-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Thomas Jarosch discovered that Postfix incorrectly handled authentication mechanisms other than PLAIN and LOGIN when the Cyrus SASL library is used. A remote attacker could use this to cause Postfix to crash, leading to a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code as the postfix user. Affected Software/OS: 'postfix' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu 11.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-1720 BugTraq ID: 47778 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47778 Bugtraq: 20110509 Memory corruption in Postfix SMTP server Cyrus SASL support (CVE-2011-1720) (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/517917/100/0/threaded CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#727230 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/727230 Debian Security Information: DSA-2233 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2233 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-33.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:090 http://www.mail-archive.com/postfix-announce@postfix.org/msg00007.html http://www.osvdb.org/72259 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025521 http://secunia.com/advisories/44500 http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8247 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2011:023 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00002.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1131-1 XForce ISS Database: postfix-cyrus-sasl-code-exec(67359) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67359
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG

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