Improper Input Validation Affecting cyrus-sasl2 package, versions <2.1.19.dfsg1-0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Debian security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    7.34% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CYRUSSASL2-338974
  • published 11 Apr 2006
  • disclosed 11 Apr 2006

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable cyrus-sasl2 to version 2.1.19.dfsg1-0.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cyrus-sasl2 package and not the cyrus-sasl2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

digestmd5.c in the CMU Cyrus Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL) library 2.1.18, and possibly other versions before 2.1.21, allows remote unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via malformed inputs in DIGEST-MD5 negotiation.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

3.7 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low