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GLSA-200604-09 : Cyrus-SASL: DIGEST-MD5 Pre-Authentication Denial of Service

low Nessus Plugin ID 21255

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200604-09 (Cyrus-SASL: DIGEST-MD5 Pre-Authentication Denial of Service)

 Cyrus-SASL contains an unspecified vulnerability in the DIGEST-MD5 process that could lead to a Denial of Service.
 Impact :

 An attacker could possibly exploit this vulnerability by sending specially crafted data stream to the Cyrus-SASL server, resulting in a Denial of Service even if the attacker is not able to authenticate.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Cyrus-SASL users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.21-r2'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200604-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 21255

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200604-09.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 4/21/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cyrus-sasl, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/21/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/7/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1721

GLSA: 200604-09