ELA-1874-1 cyrus-sasl2 security update

heap-based buffer overflow

2026-10-31
Packagecyrus-sasl2
Version2.1.27~101-g0780600+dfsg-3+deb9u3 (stretch), 2.1.27+dfsg-1+deb10u3 (buster), 2.1.27+dfsg-2.1+deb11u2 (bullseye)
Related CVEs CVE-2026-107161


An issue has been found in cyrus-sasl2, a SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) implementation for the Cyrus mail system. The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow due to not recomputing a buffer size in the DIGEST-MD5 plugin.



For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.27+dfsg-1+deb10u3.

For Debian 11 bullseye, these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.27+dfsg-2.1+deb11u2.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.1.27~101-g0780600+dfsg-3+deb9u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your cyrus-sasl2 packages.

Further information about Extended LTS security advisories can be found in the dedicated section of our website.