Cyrus-SASL Syslog Format String Vulnerability

BID:3498

Info

Cyrus-SASL Syslog Format String Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 3498
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2001-0869
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Nov 01 2001 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 08:30AM
Credit: Reported by Kari Hurtta <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: SuSE Linux 7.3
SuSE Linux 7.2
SuSE Linux 7.1
SuSE Linux 7.0
Redhat PowerTools 6.2
- Redhat Linux 6.2 sparc
 - Redhat Linux 6.2 i386
 - Redhat Linux 6.2 alpha
 Redhat Linux 7.2
Redhat Linux 7.0
Cmu Cyrus-Sasl 1.5.26
Cmu Cyrus-Sasl 1.5.25
Cmu Cyrus-Sasl 1.5.24
+ Caldera OpenLinux Server 3.1
+ Caldera OpenLinux Workstation 3.1
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 5.0
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.5
- FreeBSD FreeBSD 4.4
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1 ia64
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.1
+ Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0 ppc
 + Mandriva Linux Mandrake 8.0
+ Redhat Linux 7.2
+ Redhat Linux 7.1
+ Redhat Linux 7.0
- Redhat Linux 6.2
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.3 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.3
+ SuSE Linux 7.2 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.2
+ SuSE Linux 7.1 x86
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.1 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 7.1
+ SuSE Linux 7.0 sparc
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 ppc
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 i386
 + SuSE Linux 7.0 alpha
 + SuSE Linux 7.0
Not Vulnerable: Cmu Cyrus-Sasl 1.5.27

Discussion

Cyrus-SASL Syslog Format String Vulnerability

Cyrus-SASL is an open-source implementation of SASL, the "Simple Authentication and Security Layer".

Cyrus SASL contains a format string vulnerability in it's internal logging function. Data that may be externally supplied is passed to syslog() as the format string argument.

This may allow for remote attackers who can inject format specifiers into a log message to execute arbitrary code.

Solution / Fix

Cyrus-SASL Syslog Format String Vulnerability

Solution:
This is fixed in version 1.5.27 (BETA).

Additional upgrades are available.


Carnegie Mellon University Cyrus-SASL 1.5.24

Carnegie Mellon University Cyrus-SASL 1.5.25

Carnegie Mellon University Cyrus-SASL 1.5.26

References

Cyrus-SASL Syslog Format String Vulnerability

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