CVE-2004-0884 describes a critical vulnerability in Cyrus-SASL libraries (libsasl and libsasl2) versions 2.1.18 and earlier, affecting products like Conectiva Linux and Cyrus Linux. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary code by manipulating the SASL_PATH environment variable to point to malicious programs. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), it indicates a high severity with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, requiring local access and low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.5.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5.28CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:1.5.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cyrus:sasl:2.1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.