Debian Security Advisory
DSA-4591-1 cyrus-sasl2 -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 20 Dec 2019
- Affected Packages:
- cyrus-sasl2
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 947043.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-19906. - More information:
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Stephan Zeisberg reported an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the _sasl_add_string() function in cyrus-sasl2, a library implementing the Simple Authentication and Security Layer. A remote attacker can take advantage of this issue to cause denial-of-service conditions for applications using the library.
For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.27~101-g0780600+dfsg-3+deb9u1.
For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.27+dfsg-1+deb10u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your cyrus-sasl2 packages.
For the detailed security status of cyrus-sasl2 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/cyrus-sasl2