CVE-2004-0884
The (1) libsasl and (2) libsasl2 libraries in Cyrus-SASL 2.1.18 and earlier trust the SASL_PATH environment variable to find all available SASL plug-ins, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the SASL_PATH to point to malicious…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The (1) libsasl and (2) libsasl2 libraries in Cyrus-SASL 2.1.18 and earlier trust the SASL_PATH environment variable to find all available SASL plug-ins, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the SASL_PATH to point to malicious programs.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.50% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- cyrus/sasl · conectiva/linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=134657
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110693126007214&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-546.html
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-003.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-563Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-568
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:106
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11347Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0053/
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2137
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17643
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11678
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=134657
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110693126007214&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-546.html
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-003.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-563Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-568
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:106
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11347Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0053/
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2137
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17643
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11678
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.