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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200604-09.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200604-09">
<title>Cyrus-SASL: DIGEST-MD5 Pre-Authentication Denial of Service</title>
<synopsis>
Cyrus-SASL contains a vulnerability in the DIGEST-MD5 process that could
lead to a Denial of Service.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">cyrus-sasl</product>
<announced>2006-04-21</announced>
<revised count="01">2006-04-21</revised>
<bug>129523</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="dev-libs/cyrus-sasl" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">2.1.21-r2</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">2.1.21-r2</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
Cyrus-SASL is an implementation of the Simple Authentication and
Security Layer.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Cyrus-SASL contains an unspecified vulnerability in the DIGEST-MD5
process that could lead to a Denial of Service.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
An attacker could possibly exploit this vulnerability by sending
specially crafted data stream to the Cyrus-SASL server, resulting in a
Denial of Service even if the attacker is not able to authenticate.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All Cyrus-SASL users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.21-r2"</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-1721">CVE-2006-1721</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2006-04-15T12:54:10Z">
koon
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-04-17T16:43:15Z">
koon
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-04-20T16:06:22Z">
jaervosz
</metadata>
</glsa>