CVE-2013-4122

high

Description

Cyrus SASL 2.1.23, 2.1.26, and earlier does not properly handle when a NULL value is returned upon an error by the crypt function as implemented in glibc 2.17 and later, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread crash and consumption) via (1) an invalid salt or, when FIPS-140 is enabled, a (2) DES or (3) MD5 encrypted password, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

References

https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/%5Bslackware-current%5D-glibc-2-17-shadow-and-other-penumbrae-4175461061/

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2755-1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/15/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/13/1

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/12/6

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/12/3

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3368

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-01.xml

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2013-10-27

Updated: 2016-12-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High