ubuntu · CVE-2004-0884

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CVE-2004-0884 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (cyrus-sasl2, cyrus-sasl2-heimdal, cyrus-sasl2-mit), 12 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 6, DNE 3, needs-triage 3.

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.