SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-19906

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.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 8.04%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.04%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
8.04% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-193, CWE-787
Affected
cyrusimap/cyrus-sasl · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora · redhat/jboss enterprise web server · apple/mac os x · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian eus · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux server update services for sap solutions · apple/ipados · apple/iphone os · apache/bookkeeper
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.