1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1988-1

USN-1988-1: Cyrus SASL vulnerability

Publication date

9 October 2013

Overview

Cyrus SASL could be made to crash if it processed specially crafted input.

Releases

Packages

  • cyrus-sasl2 - Cyrus Simple Authentication and Security Layer

Details

It was discovered that Cyrus SASL incorrectly handled certain invalid
password salts. An attacker could use this issue to cause Cyrus SASL to
crash, resulting in a denial of service.

It was discovered that Cyrus SASL incorrectly handled certain invalid
password salts. An attacker could use this issue to cause Cyrus SASL to
crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
13.04 raring libsasl2-2 –  2.1.25.dfsg1-6ubuntu0.1

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