CVE-2004-0884

NameCVE-2004-0884
DescriptionThe (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 code by modifying the SASL_PATH to point to malicious programs.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-563-3, DSA-568-1
Debian Bugs275431, 275432, 275553, 276865

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
cyrus-sasl2 (PTS)bullseye (security), bullseye2.1.27+dfsg-2.1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2.1.28+dfsg-10fixed
sid, trixie2.1.28+dfsg1-8fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
cyrus-saslsourcewoody1.5.27-3.1woody5DSA-563-3275432
cyrus-saslsource(unstable)(unfixed)
cyrus-sasl-mitsourcewoody1.5.24-15woody3DSA-568-1
cyrus-sasl2source(unstable)2.1.19-1.3275431, 275432, 275553, 276865

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