Carnegie Mellon University Cyrus-SASL 1.5.24 on Red Hat privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Carnegie Mellon University Cyrus-SASL 1.5.24 on Red Hat. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2000-0956. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Carnegie Mellon University Cyrus-SASL 1.5.24 on Red Hat. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

cyrus-sasl before 1.5.24 in Red Hat Linux 7.0 does not properly verify the authorization for a local user, which could allow the users to bypass specified access restrictions.

The weakness was disclosed 12/19/2000 by FIRST with Redhat (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at redhat.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0956. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (5427) and SecurityFocus (BID 1875†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

10/26/2000 🔍
12/19/2000 +54 days 🔍
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07/01/2014 +4942 days 🔍
05/28/2018 +1427 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: FIRST
Organization: Redhat
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0956 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0956
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-16167
X-Force: 5427 - Cyrus-SASL package in Red Hat Linux 7 allows user to gain access
SecurityFocus: 1875 - RedHat 7.0 Cyrus-SASL Authorization Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2014 00:36
Updated: 05/28/2018 09:16
Changes: 07/02/2014 00:36 (48), 05/28/2018 09:16 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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