DSA-5189-1 gsasl -- security update

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-5189-1 gsasl -- security update

Date Reported:

24 Jul 2022

Affected Packages:

gsasl

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-2469.

More information:

Simon Josefsson discovered an out-of-bounds memory read in GNU SASL, an implementation of the Simple Authentication and Security Layer framework, which could result in denial of service.

For the oldstable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.0-8+deb10u1.

For the stable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 1.10.0-4+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your gsasl packages.

For the detailed security status of gsasl please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/gsasl