security flaw
Published Oct 21, 2004
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.50%
Description
The (1) libsasl and (2) libsasl2 libraries in Cyrus-SASL 2.1.18 and earlier trust the SASL_PATH environment variable to find all available SASL plug-ins, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code by modifying the SASL_PATH to point to malicious programs.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.5.24
- 1.5.27
- 1.5.28
- 2.1.9
- 2.1.10
- 2.1.11
- 2.1.12
- 2.1.13
- 2.1.14
- 2.1.15
- 2.1.16
- 2.1.17
- 2.1.18
- 2.1.18_r1
- 9.0
- 10.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
cyrus-sasl-0:2.1.15-10
Fixed · RHSA-2004:546
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | cyrus-sasl-0:2.1.15-10 | Fixed | RHSA-2004:546 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.50% (0.00502) | 40.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.51% (0.00506) | 39.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 15.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 18.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 2, 2024 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 14.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00046) | 12.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (18)
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=134657 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110693126007214&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-546.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/p-003.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-563 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-568 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:106 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11347 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.trustix.net/errata/2004/0053/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIX
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0884 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.fedora.us/show_bug.cgi?id=2137 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617313 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17643 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0884
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11678 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2004-0884
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.