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GLSA-200410-05 : Cyrus-SASL: Buffer overflow and SASL_PATH vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 15431

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200410-05 (Cyrus-SASL: Buffer overflow and SASL_PATH vulnerabilities)

 Cyrus-SASL contains a remote buffer overflow in the digestmda5.c file.
 Additionally, under certain conditions it is possible for a local user to exploit a vulnerability in the way the SASL_PATH environment variable is honored (CAN-2004-0884).
 Impact :

 An attacker might be able to execute arbitrary code with the Effective ID of the application calling the Cyrus-SASL libraries.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Cyrus-SASL users should upgrade to the latest stable version:
 # emerge sync # emerge -pv '>=dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.18-r2' # emerge '>=dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.18-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200410-05

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15431

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200410-05.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 10/7/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cyrus-sasl, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0884, CVE-2005-0373

GLSA: 200410-05