Debian Security Advisory

DSA-1042-1 cyrus-sasl2 -- programming error

Date Reported:

25 Apr 2006

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 361937.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 17446.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-1721.

More information:

The Mu Security research team discovered a denial of service condition in the Simple Authentication and Security Layer authentication library (SASL) during DIGEST-MD5 negotiation. This potentially affects multiple products that use SASL DIGEST-MD5 authentication including OpenLDAP, Sendmail, Postfix, etc.

The old stable distribution (woody) is not affected by this problem.

For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.19-1.5sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.1.19.dfsg1-0.2.

We recommend that you upgrade your cyrus-sasl2 packages.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/cyrus-sasl2_2.1.19-1.5sarge1.dsc; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/cyrus-sasl2_2.1.19-1.5sarge1.diff.gz; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/cyrus-sasl2_2.1.19.orig.tar.gz
Alpha:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-dev_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-kerberos-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-sql_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_alpha.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/sasl2-bin_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_alpha.deb
AMD64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-dev_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-kerberos-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-sql_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_amd64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/sasl2-bin_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_amd64.deb
ARM:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-dev_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-kerberos-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-sql_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_arm.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/sasl2-bin_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_arm.deb
Intel IA-32:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-dev_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-kerberos-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-sql_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_i386.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/sasl2-bin_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-dev_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-kerberos-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-sql_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_ia64.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/sasl2-bin_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_ia64.deb
HPPA:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-dev_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-kerberos-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-sql_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_hppa.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/sasl2-bin_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_hppa.deb
Motorola 680x0:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-dev_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-kerberos-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-sql_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_m68k.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/sasl2-bin_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_m68k.deb
Big endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-dev_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-kerberos-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-sql_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_mips.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/sasl2-bin_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_mips.deb
Little endian MIPS:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-dev_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-kerberos-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-sql_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_mipsel.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/sasl2-bin_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-dev_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-kerberos-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-sql_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_powerpc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/sasl2-bin_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-dev_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-kerberos-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-sql_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_s390.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/sasl2-bin_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-dev_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-kerberos-heimdal_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/libsasl2-modules-sql_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_sparc.deb; http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/c/cyrus-sasl2/sasl2-bin_2.1.19-1.5sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.