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Mandrake Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:113 (cyrus-sasl)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to cyrus-sasl announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:113.
Insight
Insight
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 (CVE-2009-0688). The updated packages have been patched to prevent this. Affected: 2008.1, 2009.0, 2009.1, Corporate 3.0, Corporate 4.0, Multi Network Firewall 2.0
Solution
Solution
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you. https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2009:113