10555 : Cyrus SASL SASL_PATH Variable Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2004-10-08

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2004-0884" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The (1) libsasl and (2) libsasl2 libraries in Cyrus-SASL 2.1.18 and earlier trust the SASL_PATH environment variable to find all available SASL plug-ins, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the SASL_PATH to point to malicious programs.

Classification

Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1011568
Related OSVDB ID: 10554
Secunia Advisory ID: 12760 12761 12762 12767 12771 12798 13171 14655
CVE ID: 2004-0884 (see also: NVD)
Other Advisory URL: http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/index.php?id=a&anuncio=000889
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-563
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:106
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301061
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-568
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2004:546

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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