USN-8356-1

It was discovered that GNU SASL did not properly handle certain DIGEST-MD5 tokens. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU SASL to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / gsasl

Package

Name: gsasl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/gsasl?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.2.1-1willsync1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.2.0-2ubuntu1

2.2.0-2ubuntu2

2.2.1-1ubuntu1

2.2.1-1willsync1

2.2.1-1willsync1build1

2.2.1-1willsync1build2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gsasl",
            "binary_version": "2.2.1-1willsync1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gsasl-common",
            "binary_version": "2.2.1-1willsync1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgsasl18",
            "binary_version": "2.2.1-1willsync1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-48829",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8356-1.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / gsasl

Package

Name: gsasl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/gsasl?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.2.2-2ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.2.1-1willsync1ubuntu1

2.2.2-2ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gsasl",
            "binary_version": "2.2.2-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gsasl-common",
            "binary_version": "2.2.2-2ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgsasl18",
            "binary_version": "2.2.2-2ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-48829",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8356-1.json"

Ubuntu:26.04:LTS / gsasl

Package

Name: gsasl
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/gsasl?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.2.2-4ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.2.2-2ubuntu1

2.2.2-4ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gsasl",
            "binary_version": "2.2.2-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "gsasl-common",
            "binary_version": "2.2.2-4ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgsasl18",
            "binary_version": "2.2.2-4ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-48829",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8356-1.json"