Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : cyrus-sasl (MDKSA-2004:106)

high Nessus Plugin ID 15435

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in the libsasl library of cyrus-sasl.
libsasl honors the SASL_PATH environment variable blindly, which could allow a local user to create a malicious 'library' that would get executed with the effective ID of SASL when anything calls libsasl.

The provided packages are patched to protect against this vulnerability.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15435

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2004-106.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 10/8/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:cyrus-sasl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64sasl2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64sasl2-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64sasl2-plug-anonymous, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64sasl2-plug-crammd5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64sasl2-plug-digestmd5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64sasl2-plug-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64sasl2-plug-login, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64sasl2-plug-ntlm, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64sasl2-plug-otp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64sasl2-plug-plain, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64sasl2-plug-sasldb, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64sasl2-plug-srp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsasl2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsasl2-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsasl2-plug-anonymous, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsasl2-plug-crammd5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsasl2-plug-digestmd5, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsasl2-plug-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsasl2-plug-login, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsasl2-plug-ntlm, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsasl2-plug-otp, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsasl2-plug-plain, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsasl2-plug-sasldb, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libsasl2-plug-srp, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.0, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:9.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0884, CVE-2005-0373

MDKSA: 2004:106

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