CVE-2026-107161

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in Cyrus SASL. The add_to_challenge() function in the DIGEST-MD5 plugin computes the size of the buffer needed for a challenge/response field before DIGEST-MD5 quoting is applied, but does not recompute that size when quoting (escaping special characters) makes the value longer. The under-sized buffer is then passed to strcat(), causing a heap-based out-of-bounds write whose size depends on attacker-controlled input. A malicious or on-path DIGEST-MD5 (or HTTP Digest) server can trigger this flaw in a connecting client by supplying a crafted challenge field, such as realm or nonce, most likely resulting in a crash of the client application.

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Produits concernés

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
• Red Hat Hardened Images
• Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Scores CVSS

Faiblesses (CWE)

• CWE-122

Références

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-107161
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460420
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/10/09/20

Ailleurs

• NVD
• CVE.org
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup
• CERT-FR
• GitHub Advisories