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Ubuntu 16.04, 14.04 ESM USN-5301-2 Critical: cyrus-sasl RCE Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey February 22, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
New patch released for Ubuntu addressing cyrus-sasl2 flaw that permits remote code execution through specially crafted network communication.
Cyrus SASL could run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Cyrus SASL could run programs if it received specially crafted network

traffic.

Software Description:

- cyrus-sasl2: Cyrus Simple Authentication and Security Layer

Details:

USN-5301-1 fixed a vulnerability in Cyrus. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that the Cyrus SASL SQL plugin incorrectly handled SQL

input. A remote attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary SQL

commands.

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Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  libsasl2-modules-sql            2.1.26.dfsg1-14ubuntu0.2+esm1

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  libsasl2-modules-sql            2.1.25.dfsg1-17ubuntu0.1~esm2

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5301-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5301-1

CVE-2022-24407

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February 22, 2022

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