CVE-2001-0869

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-12-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in the default logging callback function _sasl_syslog in common.c in Cyrus SASL library (cyrus-sasl) may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

Caldera Openlinux Eserver: 3.1
Caldera Openlinux Workstation: 3.1
RedHat Linux: 7.0, 7.2
RedHat Linux Powertools: 6.2
Suse Linux: 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000444
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:018
http://lwn.net/alerts/SuSE/SuSE-SA%3A2001%3A042.php3
http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-040.0.txt
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-150.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-151.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3498
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7443
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000444
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:018

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