Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for cyrus-sasl. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for cyrus-sasl
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35746
VERIFY ADVISORY:
https://secunia.com/advisories/35746/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for cyrus-sasl. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise an application
using the library.
For more information:
SA35094
SOLUTION:
Update to "dev-libs/cyrus-sasl-2.1.23" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
GLSA-200907-09:
https://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200907-09.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA35094:
https://secunia.com/advisories/35094/
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