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CVE-2015-9542

Publication date 31 December 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

add_password in pam_radius_auth.c in pam_radius 1.4.0 does not correctly check the length of the input password, and is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow during memcpy(). An attacker could send a crafted password to an application (loading the pam_radius library) and crash it. Arbitrary code execution might be possible, depending on the application, C library, compiler, and other factors.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libpam-radius-auth 19.10 eoan
Fixed 1.3.17-0ubuntu5.19.10.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.3.17-0ubuntu5.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.3.17-0ubuntu4.1
14.04 LTS trusty

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
libpam-radius-auth

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4290-2
    • libpam-radius-auth vulnerability
    • 3 March 2020
    • USN-4290-1
    • libpam-radius-auth vulnerability
    • 24 February 2020

Other references