CVE-2026-107161
HIGH
7,5
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: high
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Description
AI Translation Available
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in Cyrus SASL. The add_to_challenge() function in the DIGEST-MD5 plugin computes the size of the buffer needed for a challenge/response field before DIGEST-MD5 quoting is applied, but does not recompute that size when quoting (escaping special characters) makes the value longer. The under-sized buffer is then passed to strcat(), causing a heap-based out-of-bounds write whose size depends on attacker-controlled input. A malicious or on-path DIGEST-MD5 (or HTTP Digest) server can trigger this flaw in a connecting client by supplying a crafted challenge field, such as realm or nonce, most likely resulting in a crash of the client application.
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Heap-based Buffer Overflow
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Integrity
Confidentiality
Access Control
Other
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory)
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Modify Memory
Other
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
Memory-Unsafe, C, C++
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-107161
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460420