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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-0688 · published 15 May 2009

CVE-2009-0688: Carnegie mellon university cyrus-sasl memory buffer overflow vulnerability

CCarnegie Mellon University · Cyrus Sasl

Multiple buffer overflows in the CMU Cyrus SASL library before 2.1.23 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via strings that are used as input to the sasl_encode64 function in lib/saslutil.c.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 8.2% · top 5.3% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
8.2%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
78References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the CMU Cyrus SASL library before 2.1.23 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via strings that are used as input to the sasl_encode64 function in lib/saslutil.c.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus-mail/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23.tar.gz Patch
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00003.html
http://osvdb.org/54514
http://osvdb.org/54515
http://secunia.com/advisories/35094
http://secunia.com/advisories/35097
http://secunia.com/advisories/35102
http://secunia.com/advisories/35206
http://secunia.com/advisories/35239
http://secunia.com/advisories/35321
http://secunia.com/advisories/35416
http://secunia.com/advisories/35497
http://secunia.com/advisories/35746
http://secunia.com/advisories/39428
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-09.xml
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2009&m=slackware-security.448834
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-259148-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264248-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-273910-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1020755.1-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021699.1-1
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-184.htm
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0091
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1807
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/238019 PatchUS Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:113
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2010-099504.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1116.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34961 Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022231
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-790-1
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103B.html US Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1313
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2012
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50554
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10687
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6136
ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus-mail/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23.tar.gz Patch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-0688), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.