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The Claim

Debian Security Advisory DSA-180-1 describes a Cyrus SASL username buffer overflow vulnerability.

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The Short Version

Official Debian records show that DSA-180-1 is a cyrus-sasl security advisory about buffer overflow vulnerabilities, specifically including overflow risk in username-string handling. That matches the claim closely. The main caveat is only that readers should not confuse this 2003 advisory with later, separate Cyrus SASL vulnerabilities.

Caveats

  • Do not conflate DSA-180-1 with later Cyrus SASL issues such as CVE-2009-0688 or newer advisories; they are separate vulnerabilities.
  • The advisory describes buffer overflows in cyrus-sasl, with username-string handling as the relevant mechanism; the claim is accurate but simplified.
  • Secondary archive summaries suggesting the advisory is missing are outweighed by Debian’s primary advisory page and mailing-list announcement.

The Receipts

  1. Debian Security Advisory DSA-180-1 cyrus-sasl -- buffer overflow

    Debian

  2. [SECURITY] [DSA 563-1] New cyrus-sasl packages fix arbitrary code execution

    Google Groups

  3. [SECURITY] [DSA 1807-1] New cyrus-sasl2/cyrus-sasl2-heimdal packages fix several vulnerabilities

    Debian

  4. [SECURITY] [DSA 180-1] New cyrus-sasl packages fix buffer overflow vulnerabilities

    lists.debian.org

  5. Cyrus SASL library buffer overflow vulnerability... - Vulmon

    Vulmon

  6. Cyrus-SASL library saslauthd daemon escape character buffer overflow

    IBM X-Force Exchange

  7. Debian Security Advisories archive structure (context from existing DSA pages)

    Debian

  8. 25914 – cyrus-sasl new security issue CVE-2019-19906

    Mageia Bugzilla

  9. [SECURITY] [DSA 565-1] New sox packages fix buffer overflow

    Debian

  10. CVE-2009-0688 – Cyrus SASL username buffer overflow (Debian tracking entry)

    Debian Security Tracker

+ 22 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

Filed Under

Cyrus SASLDebian Security Advisory DSA-180-1

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