{"id":"RLSA-2020:4497","summary":"Moderate: cyrus-sasl security, bug fix, and enhancement update","details":"The cyrus-sasl packages contain the Cyrus implementation of Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL). SASL is a method for adding authentication support to connection-based protocols.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* cyrus-sasl: denial of service in _sasl_add_string function (CVE-2019-19906)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-03-11T05:55:18.331171Z","published":"2020-11-03T12:10:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2019-19906"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2020:4497"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1791854"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1817054"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1822133"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cyrus-sasl","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/cyrus-sasl?distro=rocky-linux-8-4-legacy&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.1.27-5.el8"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2020:4497.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}