cyrus-sasl2 - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: cyrus-sasl2 (main)
version: 2.1.28+dfsg1-12
maintainer: Debian Cyrus Team (DMD)
uploaders: Ondřej Surý [DMD]
arch: all any
std-ver: 4.3.0.1
VCS: Git (Browse, QA)

versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]

[pool directory]

o-o-stable: 2.1.27+dfsg-2.1+deb11u1
o-o-sec: 2.1.27+dfsg-2.1+deb11u1
oldstable: 2.1.28+dfsg-10
stable: 2.1.28+dfsg1-9
testing: 2.1.28+dfsg1-11
unstable: 2.1.28+dfsg1-12

versioned links

2.1.27+dfsg-2.1+deb11u1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.1.28+dfsg-10: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.1.28+dfsg1-9: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.1.28+dfsg1-11: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
2.1.28+dfsg1-12: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]

binaries

cyrus-sasl2-doc
libsasl2-2 (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
libsasl2-dev (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
libsasl2-modules
libsasl2-modules-db
libsasl2-modules-gssapi-heimdal (2 bugs: 0, 2, 0, 0)
libsasl2-modules-gssapi-mit
libsasl2-modules-ldap
libsasl2-modules-otp (1 bugs: 0, 0, 1, 0)
libsasl2-modules-sql (3 bugs: 0, 0, 3, 0)
sasl2-bin (9 bugs: 0, 6, 3, 0)

action needed

Problems while searching for a new upstream version high

uscan had problems while searching for a new upstream version:

In watchfile debian/watch, reading webpage
  https://api.github.com/repos/cyrusimap/cyrus-sasl/releases failed: 500 Can't connect to api.github.com:443 (Temporary failure in name resolution)

Created: 2026-10-17 Last update: 2026-10-19 05:32

1 security issue in forky high

There is 1 open security issue in forky.

1 important issue:

CVE-2026-107161: 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.

Created: 2026-10-08 Last update: 2026-10-17 08:00

1 security issue in bookworm high

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 important issue:

CVE-2026-107161: 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.

Created: 2026-10-08 Last update: 2026-10-17 08:00

4 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 4 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-09-02 Last update: 2026-10-19 07:00

Depends on packages which need a new maintainer normal

The packages that cyrus-sasl2 depends on which need a new maintainer are:

db5.3 (#1055356)
- Depends: libdb5.3t64 libdb5.3t64
db-defaults (#1055344)
- Depends: db-util

Created: 2023-11-04 Last update: 2026-10-19 04:22

lintian reports 2 warnings normal

Lintian reports 2 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2026-10-17 Last update: 2026-10-17 09:01

debian/patches: 29 patches to forward upstream low

Among the 44 debian patches available in version 2.1.28+dfsg1-12 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

29 patches where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.

Created: 2023-02-26 Last update: 2026-10-17 09:30

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.3.0.1).

Created: 2019-07-08 Last update: 2026-10-17 07:32

testing migrations

This package will soon be part of the auto-openssl transition. You might want to ensure that your package is ready for it. You can probably find supplementary information in the debian-release archives or in the corresponding release.debian.org bug.
excuses:
- Migration status for cyrus-sasl2 (2.1.28+dfsg1-11 to 2.1.28+dfsg1-12): BLOCKED: Rejected/violates migration policy/introduces a regression
- Issues preventing migration:
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for cyrus-imapd/3.12.4-1: amd64: Pass, arm64: Test triggered (failure will be ignored), armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for cyrus-sasl2/2.1.28+dfsg1-12: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, armhf: Pass, i386: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Pass
- ∙ ∙ Autopkgtest for qemu/1:11.1.2+ds-3: amd64: Pass, arm64: Pass, ppc64el: Pass, riscv64: Pass, s390x: Regression ♻ (reference ♻)
- ∙ ∙ Too young, only 2 of 5 days old
- Additional info (not blocking):
- ∙ ∙ Piuparts tested OK - https://piuparts.debian.org/sid/source/c/cyrus-sasl2.html
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on amd64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on arm64 - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on armhf - info
- ∙ ∙ Reproduced on i386 - info
- Not considered

news

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[2026-10-16] Accepted cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-12 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2026-04-07] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-11 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2026-04-04] Accepted cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-11 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2025-10-09] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-10-06] Accepted cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-10 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2025-03-04] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2025-02-28] Accepted cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-9 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2024-09-07] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-8 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-09-04] Accepted cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-8 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2024-08-09] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-7 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-08-07] Accepted cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-7 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2024-05-03] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-6 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2024-03-21] Accepted cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-6 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2024-03-20] Accepted cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-5 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2023-11-15] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-11-15] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-11-11] Accepted cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-4 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2023-08-06] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-06] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-06] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-08-03] Accepted cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-3 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2023-08-01] Accepted cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-2 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2023-06-13] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-06-13] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-06-13] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2023-06-05] Accepted cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg1-1 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2023-03-01] Accepted cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg-11 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2022-11-25] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg-10 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2022-11-22] Accepted cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg-10 (source) into unstable (Bastian Germann) (signed by: bage@debian.org)
[2022-11-15] cyrus-sasl2 2.1.28+dfsg-9 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 19 21
RC: 0
I&N: 7 8
M&W: 12 13
F&P: 0
patch: 4

links

homepage
lintian (0, 2)
buildd: logs, reproducibility, cross
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ubuntu

[Information about Ubuntu for Debian Developers]

version: 2.1.28+dfsg1-11ubuntu2
15 bugs
patches for 2.1.28+dfsg1-11ubuntu2