{"id":"ALSA-2020:4497","summary":"Moderate: cyrus-sasl security, bug fix, and enhancement update","details":"The cyrus-sasl packages contain the Cyrus implementation of Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL). SASL is a method for adding authentication support to connection-based protocols.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* cyrus-sasl: denial of service in _sasl_add_string function (CVE-2019-19906)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:39:24.724625Z","published":"2020-11-03T12:10:00Z","related":["CVE-2019-19906"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-19906"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"cyrus-sasl-sql","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/cyrus-sasl-sql"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.1.27-5.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2020:4497.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}