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CVE-2015-9542
CVE-2015-9542
Description
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.
Impact
CVSS v3 : 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2 : 5 MEDIUM
Type
CWE-787
Attack Vector
CVSSv2 Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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References
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-9542
https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/pam_radius/commit/01173ec2426627dbb1e0d96c06c3ffa0b14d36d0
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00023.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4290-1/
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