USN-5301-1: Cyrus SASL vulnerability
22 February 2022
Cyrus SASL could run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- cyrus-sasl2 - Cyrus Simple Authentication and Security Layer
Details
It was discovered that the Cyrus SASL SQL plugin incorrectly handled SQL
input. A remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary SQL
commands.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 21.10
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.