1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-790-1

USN-790-1: Cyrus SASL vulnerability

Publication date

24 June 2009

Overview

Cyrus SASL vulnerability

Releases

Packages

Details

James Ralston discovered that the Cyrus SASL base64 encoding function
could be used unsafely. If a remote attacker sent a specially crafted
request to a service that used SASL, it could lead to a loss of privacy,
or crash the application, resulting in a denial of service.

James Ralston discovered that the Cyrus SASL base64 encoding function
could be used unsafely. If a remote attacker sent a specially crafted
request to a service that used SASL, it could lead to a loss of privacy,
or crash the application, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

After a standard system upgrade you need to restart services using SASL to effect 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
9.04 jaunty libsasl2-2 –  2.1.22.dfsg1-23ubuntu3.1
8.10 intrepid libsasl2-2 –  2.1.22.dfsg1-21ubuntu2.1
8.04 hardy libsasl2-2 –  2.1.22.dfsg1-18ubuntu2.1
6.06 dapper libsasl2 –  2.1.19.dfsg1-0.1ubuntu3.1

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