CVE-2009-0688
Multiple buffer overflows in the CMU Cyrus SASL library before 2.1.23 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via strings that are used as input to the sasl_encode64 function in…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.21%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the CMU Cyrus SASL library before 2.1.23 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via strings that are used as input to the sasl_encode64 function in lib/saslutil.c.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.21% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- carnegie mellon university/cyrus-sasl
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus-mail/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23.tar.gzPatch
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
- http://osvdb.org/54514
- http://osvdb.org/54515
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35094
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35097
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35102
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35206
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35239
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35321
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35416
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35497
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35746
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39428
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-09.xml
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.448834
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259148-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264248-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-273910-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020755.1-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021699.1-1
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-184.htm
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0091
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1807
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238019Patch, US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:113
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1116.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.