CVE-2009-0688 Memory corruption in n/a
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-0688 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2009-0688 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 May 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0688 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0688/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-0688/index.md)
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via buffer overflows in the Cyrus SASL library's encoding function.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-0688?
CVE-2009-0688 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 May 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Multiple buffer overflows in the CMU Cyrus SASL library before 2.1.23 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via strings that are used as input to the sasl_encode64 function in lib/saslutil.c.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-0688?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (38)
cyrus-imapd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-murder Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-nntp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
perl-Cyrus Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-murder Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-nntp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
perl-Cyrus Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-murder Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-nntp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
perl-Cyrus Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-murder Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-nntp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
perl-Cyrus Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:2.2.12-10.el4_8.1 |
cyrus-imapd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.3.7-2.el5_3.2 |
cyrus-imapd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.3.7-2.el5_3.2 |
cyrus-imapd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.3.7-2.el5_3.2 |
cyrus-imapd-perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.3.7-2.el5_3.2 |
cyrus-imapd-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client_workstation | All versions | 0:2.3.7-2.el5_3.2 |
cyrus-imapd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.3.7-2.el5_3.2 |
cyrus-imapd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.3.7-2.el5_3.2 |
cyrus-imapd-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.3.7-2.el5_3.2 |
cyrus-imapd-perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.3.7-2.el5_3.2 |
cyrus-imapd-utils Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:2.3.7-2.el5_3.2 |
Products include Carnegie Mellon University Cyrus-Sasl.
How do I fix CVE-2009-0688?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2009-0688 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-0688 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0688, DSA-1807-1, DTSA-200-1, DTSA-201-1, GHSA-pjpw-9mvc-5cwc, RHSA-2009:1116 and 1 more.