Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-0869

RCE

Title: Cyrus SASL library _sasl_syslog format string vulnerability

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2001-0869.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Dec 21, 2001

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.5 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.00%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2001-0869: Format string vulnerability in the default logging callback function _sasl_syslog in common.c in Cyrus SASL library (cyrus-sasl) may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Impacted Vendors

redhat 1

caldera 1

Reference Links

ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:15.cyrus-sasl.asc http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000444 http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:018 http://lwn.net/alerts/SuSE/SuSE-SA%3A2001%3A042.php3 http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-040.0.txt http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-150.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-151.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3498 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7443 ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-02:15.cyrus-sasl.asc http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000444 http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:018 http://lwn.net/alerts/SuSE/SuSE-SA%3A2001%3A042.php3 http://www.caldera.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-040.0.txt http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-150.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-151.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3498 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7443

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.5

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2001-0869 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 21, 2001 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.