CVE-2000-0956

Published: Jan 22, 2001Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other

4.6MEDIUM

NVD MITRE

Description

cyrus-sasl before 1.5.24 in Red Hat Linux 7.0 does not properly verify the authorization for a local user, which could allow the users to bypass specified access restrictions.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:PConfidentiality

Partial

I:PIntegrity

Partial

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

n/a n/a

cyrus-sasl carnegie mellon university

On-prem

Communications / email-server-client

carnegie mellon universityoss-projectUSCommunicationsaka cyrus imap server, cyrus-sasl, snmptrapd

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-094.html

redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1875

securityfocus.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5427

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

Timeline

Published

Jan 22, 2001

Last Updated

Apr 16, 2026

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