Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 27, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2004-0884
CVE-2004-0884
Description
The (1) libsasl and (2) libsasl2 libraries in Cyrus-SASL 2.1.18 and earlier trust the SASL_PATH environment variable to find all available SASL plug-ins, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the SASL_PATH to point to malicious programs.
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Affected products
17cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
- cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.18_r1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=2.1.18
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
14- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-563nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/11347nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvd
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.htmlnvd
- marc.infonvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-546.htmlnvd
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-003.shtmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-568nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0053/nvd
- bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17643nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11678nvd
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