Cyrus-sasl: heap buffer overflow in cyrus-sasl add_to_challenge() allows malicious server to crash or compromise digest-md5 clients
CVSS score
7.5
EPSS probability
%0.3
Risk score
0.0
Published
5 d ago
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Vulnerability description
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A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in Cyrus SASL. The add_to_challenge() function in the DIGEST-MD5 plugin computes the size of the buffer needed for a challenge/response field before DIGEST-MD5 quoting is applied, but does not recompute that size when quoting (escaping special characters) makes the value longer. The under-sized buffer is then passed to strcat(), causing a heap-based out-of-bounds write whose size depends on attacker-controlled input. A malicious or on-path DIGEST-MD5 (or HTTP Digest) server can trigger this flaw in a connecting client by supplying a crafted challenge field, such as realm or nonce, most likely resulting in a crash of the client application.
IMPACT: Affected Products and Software
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-107161 vulnerability. Where our threat engine knows the exact affected versions, they are listed below.
| ID | VENDOR | PRODUCT | ACTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | View |
| 2 | Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | View |
| 3 | Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | View |
| 4 | Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | View |
| 5 | Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | View |
| 6 | Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images | View |
| 7 | Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | View |
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| SCORE | VERSION | SEVERITY | VECTOR | SOURCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | CVSS V31 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD |
| 7.5 | CVSS V3_1 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CVE CNA |
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