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Debian DSA-3368-1 : cyrus-sasl2 - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86157

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that cyrus-sasl2, a library implementing the Simple Authentication and Security Layer, does not properly handle certain invalid password salts. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the cyrus-sasl2 packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.26.dfsg1-13+deb8u1.

See Also

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=784112

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/cyrus-sasl2

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3368

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86157

File Name: debian_DSA-3368.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/28/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:cyrus-sasl2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 9/25/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4122

DSA: 3368