CVE-2005-0373 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the digestmd5.c file (also known as digestmda5.c) within a specific CVS release (1.170) of the DIGEST-MD5 SASL plugin for Cyrus-SASL, impacting various distributions like Apple, Red Hat, and SUSE. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 7.5, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| 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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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