CVE-2004-0884
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 42.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-10-21 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:31Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-09-22
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 97522e73799ab348221eab0415961002d173da97e8d8996f3e19ef6711e0ecf4
05 Affected products
06 References
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttp://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=134657
- marc.info20050128 [OpenPKG-SA-2005.004] OpenPKG Security Advisory (sasl)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110693126007214&w=2
- www.trustix.net2004-0053http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0053/
- www.ciac.orgP-003http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-003.shtml
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2004:106http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:106
- www.debian.orgDSA-568http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-568
- bugzilla.fedora.usFLSA:2137https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2137
- www.debian.orgDSA-563http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-563
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcyrus-sasl-saslpath(17643)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17643
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11678https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11678
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2005-03-21http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
- www.securityfocus.com11347http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11347
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200410-05http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2004:546http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-546.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cyrus-sasl2 Fixed in 2.1.19-1.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cyrus-sasl2 Fixed in 2.1.19-1.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cyrus-sasl2 Fixed in 2.1.19-1.3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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