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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-0373 · published 7 October 2004

CVE-2005-0373: Cyrus sasl vulnerability

Cyrus · Sasl

Buffer overflow in digestmd5.c CVS release 1.170 (also referred to as digestmda5.c), as used in the DIGEST-MD5 SASL plugin for Cyrus-SASL but not in any official releases, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 3.9% · top 10.0%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
3.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
8Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in digestmd5.c CVS release 1.170 (also referred to as digestmda5.c), as used in the DIGEST-MD5 SASL plugin for Cyrus-SASL but not in any official releases, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.linuxcompatible.org/print42495.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:054
http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/ports/0407/msg00265.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11347 PatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.andrew.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sasl/plugins/digestmd5.c.diff?r1=1.170&r2=1.171 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.andrew.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sasl/plugins/digestmd5.c?rev=1.171&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-mar Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17642
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.linuxcompatible.org/print42495.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:054
http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/ports/0407/msg00265.html PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11347 PatchVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.andrew.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sasl/plugins/digestmd5.c.diff?r1=1.170&r2=1.171 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.andrew.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sasl/plugins/digestmd5.c?rev=1.171&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-mar Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17642

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-0373), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.