NULL pointer dereference in Cyrus SASL - CVE-2013-4122
Published: October 27, 2013 / Updated: August 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33161
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4122
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Carnegie Mellon University
Affected software:
Cyrus SASL
Cyrus SASL
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4122
Update to version 2.1.24.
Sources
- 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
- https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/%5Bslackware-current%5D-glibc-2-17-shadow-and-other-penumbrae-4175461061/