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Debian 8 LTS: DLA-2116-1 Critical: Libpam-radius-auth Stack Overflow

debian lts
Calendar Grey February 22, 2020
Dist Debian Esm H88
Enhance libpam-radius-auth to resolve a major stack overflow vulnerability impacting user authentication in Debian 8.
A vulnerability was found in pam_radius: the password length check was done incorrectly in the add_password() function in pam_radius_auth.c, resulting in a stack based buffer overf...
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security advisory debian DoS stack overflow libpam-radius-auth

Summary

This could be used to crash (DoS) an application using the PAM stack
for authentication.

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
1.3.16-4.4+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libpam-radius-auth packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


Best,
Utkarsh


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Package: libpam-radius-auth
Version: 1.3.16-4.4+deb8u1
CVE ID: CVE-2015-9542
Debian Bug: 951396

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security advisory debian DoS stack overflow libpam-radius-auth

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