NULL pointer dereference in Cyrus SASL

1) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU33161

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4122

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can trigger denial of service conditions via (1) an invalid salt or, when FIPS-140 is enabled, a (2) DES or (3) MD5 encrypted password, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

Mitigation

Update to version 2.1.24.

Vulnerable software versions

Cyrus SASL: 2.1.23

External links

http://git.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-sasl/commit/?id=dedad73e5e7a75d01a5f3d5a6702ab8ccd2ff40d
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201309-01.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3368
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/12/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/12/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/13/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/15/1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2755-1
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/%5Bslackware-current%5D-glibc-2-17-shadow-and-other-penumbrae-4175461061/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.