USN-1988-1: Cyrus SASL vulnerability
9 October 2013
Cyrus SASL could be made to crash if it processed specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- cyrus-sasl2 - Cyrus Simple Authentication and Security Layer
Details
It was discovered that Cyrus SASL incorrectly handled certain invalid
password salts. An attacker could use this issue to cause Cyrus SASL to
crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 13.04
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all
the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-2755-1: cyrus-sasl2, libsasl2-2