CVE-2004-0884

Summary

CVECVE-2004-0884
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-01-27 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:29:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

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
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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
APPLE-SA-2005-03-21 Security Update 2005-003 APPLE lists.apple.com
P-003: Updated Cyrus-SASL Packages Fix Security Flaw CIAC www.ciac.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-563-3 cyrus-sasl DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Cyrus SASL Multiple Remote And Local Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'[OpenPKG-SA-2005.004] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sasl)' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
FLSA:2137 FEDORA bugzilla.fedora.us
134657 – CAN-2004-0884 privilege escalation CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
2004-0053 TRUSTIX www.trustix.net
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Cyrus-SASL: Buffer overflow and SASL_PATH vulnerabilities GENTOO www.gentoo.org
Advisories - Mandriva MANDRAKE www.mandriva.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-568-1 cyrus-sasl-mit DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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