Off-by-one Error Affecting cyrus-sasl-sql package, versions <0:2.1.27-5.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
8.04% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-CYRUSSASLSQL-5608245
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed3 Nov 2020

Introduced: 3 Nov 2020

CVE-2019-19906  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-193  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 cyrus-sasl-sql to version 0:2.1.27-5.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2020:4497.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cyrus-sasl-sql package and not the cyrus-sasl-sql package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

cyrus-sasl (aka Cyrus SASL) 2.1.27 has an out-of-bounds write leading to unauthenticated remote denial-of-service in OpenLDAP via a malformed LDAP packet. The OpenLDAP crash is ultimately caused by an off-by-one error in _sasl_add_string in common.c in cyrus-sasl.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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