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Vulnerability record · CVE-2004-0884 · published 27 January 2005

CVE-2004-0884: Cyrus sasl vulnerability

Cyrus · Sasl

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.

7.2 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 0.50% · top 59.4%
7.2CVSS 2.0 base score
0.50%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
28References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2004-0884), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.