CVE-2004-0884

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0884
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-01-27 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe (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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Conectiva Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Conectiva Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Cyrus Sasl 1.5.24 All All All
Application Cyrus Sasl 1.5.27 All All All
Application Cyrus Sasl 1.5.28 All All All
Application Cyrus Sasl 2.1.10 All All All
Application Cyrus Sasl 2.1.11 All All All
Application Cyrus Sasl 2.1.12 All All All
Application Cyrus Sasl 2.1.13 All All All
Application Cyrus Sasl 2.1.14 All All All
Application Cyrus Sasl 2.1.15 All All All
Application Cyrus Sasl 2.1.16 All All All
Application Cyrus Sasl 2.1.17 All All All
Application Cyrus Sasl 2.1.18 All All All
Application Cyrus Sasl 2.1.18_r1 All All All
Application Cyrus Sasl 2.1.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Cyrus-SASL: Buffer overflow and SASL_PATH vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Advisories - Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
'[OpenPKG-SA-2005.004] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sasl)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-563-3 cyrus-sasl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0053 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.net
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.fedora.us
Cyrus SASL Multiple Remote And Local Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
P-003: Updated Cyrus-SASL Packages Fix Security Flaw af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org
APPLE-SA-2005-03-21 Security Update 2005-003 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-568-1 cyrus-sasl-mit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
134657 – CAN-2004-0884 privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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