Issued:
2012-09-03
Updated:
2012-09-03

RHBA-2012:1224 - cyrus-sasl bug fix update


Synopsis

cyrus-sasl bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated cyrus-sasl packages that resolve memory leaks are now available.

Description

The cyrus-sasl packages contain the Cyrus implementation of SASL. SASL is the Simple Authentication and Security Layer, a method for adding authentication support to connection-based protocols.

These updated cyrus-sasl packages fix the following bug:

  • A memory leak in the digest-md5 plugin was discovered. Specifically, make_client_request was called twice without being freed. Consequently, applications that used DIGEST-MD5 with very large datasets could (and did) crash. This update frees make_client_request correctly and closes the memory leak. Applications using DIGEST-MD5 as part of authentication with large datasets now work as expected. (BZ#849581)

Note: this update also incorporates two upstream memory leak fixes reported during customer testing.

All cyrus-sasl users should upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these leaks.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • cyrus-sasl-ntlm-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-ntlm-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-sql-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-ntlm-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-sql-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-ldap-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-ntlm-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-debuginfo-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-ntlm-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-ldap-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-debuginfo-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-sql-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-ldap-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-ntlm-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-ldap-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-gssapi-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-debuginfo-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-debuginfo-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-debuginfo-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.x86_64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-plain-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-ldap-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-debuginfo-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-lib-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-ldap-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-ntlm-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-sql-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-sql-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-ldap-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390x.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-sql-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.i386.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-devel-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ia64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-sql-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-md5-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.s390.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.src.rpm
  • cyrus-sasl-debuginfo-2.1.22-7.el5_8.1.ppc64.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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