Description

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.

Affected Products 16

References 14

• bugzilla.redhat.com http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=134657
• lists.apple.com http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
• marc.info http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110693126007214&w=2
• rhn.redhat.com http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-546.html
• ciac.org http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-003.shtml
• debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-563
  PatchVendor Advisory
• debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-568
• gentoo.org http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml
• mandriva.com http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:106
• securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11347
  PatchVendor Advisory
• trustix.net http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0053/
• bugzilla.fedora.us https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2137
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17643
• oval.cisecurity.org https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11678

Remediation

• debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-563
  PatchVendor Advisory
• securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11347
  PatchVendor Advisory