Memory corruption in Postfix SMTP server Cyrus SASL support (CVE-2011-1720)

On-line version will be at http://www.postfix.org/CVE-2011-1720.html Summary ======= The Postfix SMTP server has a memory corruption error when the Cyrus SASL library is used with authentication mechanisms other than PLAIN and LOGIN the ANONYMOUS mechanism is unaffected but should not be enabled...

Anonymous IRC networks - irc.anonops.net & irc.anonops.ru Hacked !

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Postfix -- memory corruption vulnerability

The Postfix SMTP server has a memory corruption error, when the Cyrus SASL library is used with authentication mechanisms other than PLAIN and LOGIN ANONYMOUS is not affected, but should not be used for other reasons. This memory corruption is known to result in a program crash SIGSEV...

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A press release from Anonymous regarding PSN !

A press release from Anonymous regarding PSN !...

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Linksys WRT54G information leakage

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French Hacker Arrested After Bragging on TV !

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