Cyrus SASL Multiple Remote And Local Vulnerabilities

BID:11347

Info

Cyrus SASL Multiple Remote And Local Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 11347
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2004-0884
CVE-2005-0373
Remote: Yes
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 07 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 07:06AM
Credit: The individual or individuals responsible for disclosure of these issues are currently unknown; these issues were disclosed in the referenced Gentoo advisory.
Vulnerable: SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9
SuSE Linux Desktop 1.0
SuSE Linux 8.1
SuSE Linux 8.0 i386
SuSE Linux 8.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.2
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.1
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0 x86_64
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 8.2
S.u.S.E. cvsup-16.1h-36.i586.rpm
+ S.u.S.E. Linux Personal 9.0
Redhat Fedora Core1
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.2
OpenPKG OpenPKG 2.1
Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.18 -r1
+ Gentoo Linux 1.4
Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.18
Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.17
Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.16
Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.15
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0 x86_64
 + MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 3.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0 AMD64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 10.0
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2 amd64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 9.2
+ Redhat Desktop 3.0
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 3
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 3
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3
 + Trustix Secure Linux 2.1
+ Trustix Secure Linux 2.0
Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.14
Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.13
Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.12
Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.11
Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.10
Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.9
+ Redhat Linux 8.0 i386
 + Redhat Linux 8.0
Cyrus-Utils SASL 1.5.28
Cyrus-Utils SASL 1.5.27
+ MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1 x86_64
 + MandrakeSoft Corporate Server 2.1
Cyrus-Utils SASL 1.5.24
+ Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1 IA64
 + Redhat Advanced Workstation for the Itanium Processor 2.1
+ Redhat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
 + Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
 + Redhat Linux Advanced Work Station 2.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.8
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.7
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.6
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.8
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.7
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.6
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.0
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.8
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.7
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.6
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.3.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.8
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.7
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.6
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.2.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.1.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.0.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.0.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.0.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.0.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.0 3
Apple Mac OS X 10.0
Not Vulnerable: Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.18 -r2

Discussion

Cyrus SASL Multiple Remote And Local Vulnerabilities

Cyrus SASL is affected by multiple critical vulnerabilities that may be remotely exploitable. The first issue is due to a boundary condition error, the second issue is due to a failure of the application to properly handle environment variables.

Information currently available regarding these issues is insufficient to provide a more detailed analysis. This BID will be updated and split into separate BIDs when more information becomes available.

An attacker can leverage the boundary condition issue to exploit arbitrary code on the affected computer. The impact of the environment variable issue is currently unknown.

Exploit / POC

Cyrus SASL Multiple Remote And Local Vulnerabilities

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

Cyrus SASL Multiple Remote And Local Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Conectiva has released an advisory (CLSA-2005:959) along with fixes available dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

The Fedora Legacy project has released advisory FLSA:2137 to address this issue for RedHat Fedora Core 1. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

Red Hat has released an updated advisory RHSA-2004:546-18 and fixes to address this issue on Red Hat Linux Enterprise platforms. Customers who are affected by this issue are advised to apply the appropriate updates. Customers subscribed to the Red Hat Network may apply the appropriate fixes using the Red Hat Update Agent (up2date). Please see referenced advisory for additional information.

Gentoo Linux has released an advisory dealing with this issue. Gentoo has advised that all Cyrus-SASL users should upgrade to the latest stable version:

# emerge sync

# emerge -pv ">=dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.18-r2"
# emerge ">=dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.18-r2"

For more information, please see the referenced Gentoo advisory.

Mandrake Linux has released advisory MDKSA-2004:106 along with fixes dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Trustix Secure Linux has made an advisory (TSLSA-2004-0053) along with fixes available dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Red Hat has released an advisory to address these issues in Fedora Core 2. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Debian has released an advisory (DSA 563-1) along with fixes available dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Debian has updated advisory (DSA 563-1 to DSA 563-2) to address problems with the fixes released in the original advisory. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Debian has updated advisory (DSA 563-2 to DSA 563-3) to address problems with the fixes released in the original advisory. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Debian has released an advisory (DSA 568-1) dealing with this issue for the Cyrus SASL MIT packages. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.

Conectiva Linux has released advisory CLA-2004:889 along with fixes to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

OpenPKG security advisory OpenPKG-SA-2005.004 is available to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for further information.

SuSE has released advisory SUSE-SA:2005:013 to address the digestmda5 issue (CAN-2005-0373). Please see the referenced advisory for details on obtaining and applying fixes.

Mandrake Linux has released advisory MDKSA-2005:054 dealing with the digestmda5 issue (CAN-2005-0373). Please see the referenced advisory for details on obtaining and applying fixes.

Apple has released advisory (Security Update 2005-003) to address various issues. Please see the referenced advisory for more information. Updates for Mac OS X v10.3.8 and Mac OS X Server v10.3.8 are available.


Cyrus-Utils SASL 1.5.24

Cyrus-Utils SASL 1.5.27

Apple Mac OS X 10.3.8

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.3.8

Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.10

Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.12

Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.15

Cyrus-Utils SASL 2.1.18

References

Cyrus SASL Multiple Remote And Local Vulnerabilities

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