TITLE:
Cyrus SASL DIGEST-MD5 Pre-Authentication Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA19618

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/19618/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Cyrus SASL Library 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/4019/

DESCRIPTION:
Mu Security has reported a vulnerability in Cyrus SASL library, which
can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error during
DIGEST-MD5 negotiation.

The vulnerability has been reported in version 2.1.18. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.1.21.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Mu Security

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://labs.musecurity.com/advisories/MU-200604-01.txt

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