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Debian: DSA-3368-1 Moderate: Fix for Cyrus-SASL2 DoS Threat

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Calendar Grey September 25, 2015
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The Debian Security Notice DSA-3368-1 highlights vulnerabilities found in cyrus-sasl2 that could lead to denial of service. It is advisable to update for improved security and performance.
It was discovered that cyrus-sasl2, a library implementing the Simple Authentication and Security Layer, does not properly handle certain invalid password salts
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security advisory denial of service debian moderate severity cyrus-sasl2

Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.26.dfsg1-13+deb8u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.1.26.dfsg1-14.

We recommend that you upgrade your cyrus-sasl2 packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: cyrus-sasl2
CVE ID: CVE-2013-4122

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security advisory denial of service debian moderate severity cyrus-sasl2

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