# CVE-2004-0884: 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 S

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2004-10-21 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

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## References

- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=134657
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110693126007214&w=2
- http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0053/
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-003.shtml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:106
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-568
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2137
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-563
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17643
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11678
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11347
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-546.html

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