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CVE-2001-0869 (GCVE-0-2001-0869)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-06-25 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:37
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-151.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3498 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://lwn.net/alerts/SuSE/SuSE-SA%3A2001%3A042.php3 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
Date Public
2001-11-02 00:00
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