Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: cyrus-sasl / cyrus-sasl-debuginfo / cyrus-sasl-debugsource / etc (crlsa-2020_4497)

high Nessus Plugin ID 357663

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2020_4497 advisory.

* cyrus-sasl: denial of service in _sasl_add_string function (CVE-2019-19906)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2020_4497.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4497

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1791854

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1817054

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1822133

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2020:4497

http://www.nessus.org/u?91c181dc

http://www.nessus.org/u?a4f3dbec

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 357663

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2020_4497.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19906

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19906