Buffer overflow in digestmd5.c CVS release 1.170 (also referred to as digestmda5.c), as used in the DIGEST-MD5 SASL plugin for Cyrus-SASL but not in any official releases, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
Published Feb 13, 2005
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.92%
Description
Buffer overflow in digestmd5.c CVS release 1.170 (also referred to as digestmda5.c), as used in the DIGEST-MD5 SASL plugin for Cyrus-SASL but not in any official releases, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 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
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 16.1h_36.i586
- 9.0
- 10.0
Configuration 2
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
- 10.1
- 10.1.1
- 10.1.2
- 10.1.3
- 10.1.4
- 10.1.5
- 10.2
- 10.2.1
- 10.2.2
- 10.2.3
- 10.2.4
- 10.2.5
- 10.2.6
- 10.2.7
- 10.2.8
- 10.3
- 10.3.1
- 10.3.2
- 10.3.3
- 10.3.4
- 10.3.5
- 10.3.6
- 10.3.7
- 10.3.8
- 10.0
- 10.1
- 10.1.1
- 10.1.2
- 10.1.3
- 10.1.4
- 10.1.5
- 10.2
- 10.2.1
- 10.2.2
- 10.2.3
- 10.2.4
- 10.2.5
- 10.2.6
- 10.2.7
- 10.2.8
- 10.3
- 10.3.1
- 10.3.2
- 10.3.3
- 10.3.4
- 10.3.5
- 10.3.6
- 10.3.7
- 10.3.8
- core_1.0
- 1.0
- 8.0
- 8.0
- 8.1
- 8.2
- 9.0
- 9.0
- 9.0
- 9.1
- 9.1
- 9.2
- 9.2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Cyrus SASL as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.
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:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.92% (0.03924) | 90.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.92% (0.03924) | 88.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.76% (0.04758) | 88.42th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.52% (0.03519) | 79.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.76% (0.04758) | 88.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 3.46% (0.03458) | 91.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 21, 2024 | 3.46% (0.03458) | 90.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.79% (0.04786) | 91.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 6.49% (0.06494) | 91.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 6.49% (0.06494) | 90.18th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 6.49% (0.06494) | 78.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (11)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200410-05.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.linuxcompatible.org/print42495.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:054 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.monkey.org/openbsd/archive/ports/0407/msg00265.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11347 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0373 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.andrew.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sasl/plugins/digestmd5.c.diff?r1=1.170&r2=1.171 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.andrew.cmu.edu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sasl/plugins/digestmd5.c?rev=1.171&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17642 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0373
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0373
Change history (0)
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