4.6Medium

Carnegie Mellon University Cyrus-Sasl

CVE-2000-0956

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.

What this means for your business

  • It affects Carnegie Mellon University Cyrus-Sasl. It matters if your company, or a supplier that handles your data, runs it.
  • An attacker can use it only with access to the machine itself.
  • FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.4% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 32% of all known flaws.

What to do

  1. 1Check whether your company or your suppliers run Carnegie Mellon University Cyrus-Sasl, and which version. The affected versions are listed further down this page.
  2. 2If you do, apply the vendor's fix. A patch or vendor advisory has been published.

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Scoring

CVSS
4.6 (v2.0)
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Assigned by
cve@mitre.org

Dates

Published
2000-12-19
Last modified
2026-09-23
Sources
NVD

Affected products

  • Carnegie Mellon University Cyrus-Sasl1.5.24

As listed in the NVD configuration data. Not a statement about your estate.

References