CVE-2004-0884

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    CVE-2004-0884

    Published: 27 Jan 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High