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CentOS Linux 7 [TuxCare] Security Update: cyrus-sasl / cyrus-sasl-devel / cyrus-sasl-gs2 / cyrus-sasl-gssapi / etc (CENTOS7:CLSA-2026:1793184437)

high Nessus Plugin ID 374845

Synopsis

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

Description

The CentOS Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare CENTOS7:CLSA-2026:1793184437 advisory.

 - A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in Cyrus SASL. The add_to_challenge() function in the DIGEST- MD5 plugin computes the size of the buffer needed for a challenge/response field before DIGEST-MD5 quoting is applied, but does not recompute that size when quoting (escaping special characters) makes the value longer. The under-sized buffer is then passed to strcat(), causing a heap-based out-of-bounds write whose size depends on attacker-controlled input. A malicious or on-path DIGEST-MD5 (or HTTP Digest) server can trigger this flaw in a connecting client by supplying a crafted challenge field, such as realm or nonce, most likely resulting in a crash of the client application. (CVE-2026-107161)

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 TuxCare advisory CENTOS7:CLSA-2026:1793184437.

See Also

https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/releases/CLSA-2026:1793184437

http://www.nessus.org/u?eacf952e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 374845

File Name: tuxcare_centos_7_CLSA-2026-1793184437.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/1/2026

Updated: 11/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-107161

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-107161

CLSA: 2026:1793184437