Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the CMU Cyrus SASL library before 2.1.23 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via strings that are used as input to the sasl_encode64 function in lib/saslutil.c.
Published: 2009-05-15
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 39.5% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1807-1 New cyrus-sasl2/cyrus-sasl2-heimdal packages fix arbitrary code execution
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-790-1 Cyrus SASL vulnerability
References
Link Providers
ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus-mail/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23.tar.gz cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/54514 cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/54515 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35094 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35097 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35102 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35206 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35239 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35321 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35497 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/35746 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/39428 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-09.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.448834 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259148-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264248-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-273910-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020755.1-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021699.1-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-184.htm cve-icon cve-icon
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0091 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1807 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238019 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:113 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1116.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34961 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022231 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-790-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103B.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1313 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2012 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50554 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0688 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10687 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6136 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-0688 cve-icon
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Carnegie Mellon University Cyrus-sasl
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:40:05.371Z

Reserved: 2009-02-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-0688

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-05-15T15:30:00.187

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-0688

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-05-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-0688 - Bugzilla

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