CVE-2009-0688 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2009-0688

Multiple buffer overflows in the CMU Cyrus SASL library before...

Vulnerability Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the CMU Cyrus SASL library before 2.1.23 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via strings that are used as input to the sasl_encode64 function in lib/saslutil.c.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

carnegie mellon university

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Affected Software

cyrus-sasl
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.4.1, 1.5.0, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.5.5, 1.5.10, 1.5.11, 1.5.13, 1.5.15, 1.5.16, 1.5.20, 1.5.21, 1.5.22, 1.5.23, 1.5.24, 1.5.26, 1.5.27, 1.5.28, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 2.1.7, 2.1.8, 2.1.9, 2.1.10, 2.1.11, 2.1.12, 2.1.13, 2.1.14, 2.1.15, 2.1.16, 2.1.17, 2.1.18, 2.1.19, 2.1.20, 2.1.21

Timeline

Official Publish: May 15th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.