cyrus-sasl2 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Cyrus SASL could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted LDAP packet.
Software Description
It was discovered that Cyrus SASL incorrectly handled certain LDAP packets. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
libsasl2-2 - 2.1.27+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libsasl2-2 - 2.1.27~101-g0780600+dfsg-3ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libsasl2-2 - 2.1.26.dfsg1-14ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
libsasl2-2 - 2.1.25.dfsg1-17ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
libsasl2-2 - 2.1.25.dfsg1-3ubuntu0.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart services using SASL to effect the necessary changes.
References
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Cyrus SASL could be made to crash or execute arbitrary code if it received a specially crafted LDAP packet.
Software Description
- cyrus-sasl2 - Cyrus Simple Authentication and Security Layer
It was discovered that Cyrus SASL incorrectly handled certain LDAP packets. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
libsasl2-2 - 2.1.27+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
libsasl2-2 - 2.1.27~101-g0780600+dfsg-3ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
libsasl2-2 - 2.1.26.dfsg1-14ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
libsasl2-2 - 2.1.25.dfsg1-17ubuntu0.1~esm1
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
libsasl2-2 - 2.1.25.dfsg1-3ubuntu0.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart services using SASL to effect the necessary changes.
References
Continue reading...