CVE-2011-3372
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD
imap/nntpd.c in the NNTP server (nntpd) for Cyrus IMAPd 2.4.x before 2.4.12 allows remote attackers to bypass authentication by sending an AUTHINFO USER command without sending an additional AUTHINFO PASS command.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-3336)
- Published
- December 24, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-3336 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cyrus / imapd
References
- http://cyrusimap.org/mediawiki/index.php/Latest_Updates
- http://git.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-imapd/commit/?id=77903669e04c9788460561dd0560b9c916519594
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46093(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-68(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1026363
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2318
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:149
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1508.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=740822
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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