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CVE-2022-2469 (GCVE-0-2022-2469)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-07-19 15:53 – Updated: 2024-08-03 00:39
VLAI
Summary
GNU SASL libgsasl server-side read-out-of-bounds with malicious authenticated GSS-API client
Severity
3.8 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • Out-of-bounds read in GNU SASL
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
GNU GNU SASL Affected: >=0.0.0, <2.0.1
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Credits
Simon Josefsson
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