Gentoo update for cyrus-sasl
Secunia Advisory: SA12762
Release Date: 2004-10-08
Popularity: 5,402 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2004-0884


Description:
Gentoo has issued an update for cyrus-sasl. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system and by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.

For more information:
SA12760

Solution:
Update to "dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.18-r2" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml

Other References:
SA12760:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12760/


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