CVE-2009-0688

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    CVE-2009-0688

    Published: 15 May 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/35094, http://secunia.com/advisories/35097, http://secunia.com/advisories/35102, http://secunia.com/advisories/35206, http://secunia.com/advisories/35239, http://secunia.com/advisories/35321, http://secunia.com/advisories/35416, http://secunia.com/advisories/35497, http://secunia.com/advisories/35746, http://secunia.com/advisories/39428, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-09.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1807, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:113, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-790-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1313, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2012, ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus-mail/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23.tar.gz, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238019, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34961, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html, http://osvdb.org/54514, http://osvdb.org/54515, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.448834, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259148-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264248-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-273910-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020755.1-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021699.1-1, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-184.htm, http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0091, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238019, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1116.html, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022231, http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103B.html, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50554, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10687, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6136

    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