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Fedora 37: TACACS Critical Advisory - CVE-2023-45239 Security Fix

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Calendar Grey October 6, 2023
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 37 Security Notice: tacacs addresses CVE-2023-45240 flaws with critical setup instructions
Update to git snapshot 4fdf178 for CVE-2023-45239; Fixes: RHBZ#2242402

Summary

Tacacs+ (tac_plus) is a C daemon that authenticates requests via the Tacacs+

Protocol and logs accounting information.

This is a fork of Cisco + Shruberry's Tacacs+ daemons

(https://shrubbery.net/tac_plus/).

Update Information:

Update to git snapshot 4fdf178 for CVE-2023-45239; Fixes: RHBZ#2242402

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue software update Fedora authentication protocol tacacs CVE-2023-45239

Change Log

* Thu Oct 5 2023 Davide Cavalca - F4.0.4.28.7fb~20231005g4fdf178-1 - Update to git snapshot 4fdf178 for CVE-2023-45239; Fixes: RHBZ#2242402 * Sat Jul 22 2023 Fedora Release Engineering - F4.0.4.28.7fb~20220905g25fd8f0-4 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_39_Mass_Rebuild * Sat Jan 21 2023 Fedora Release Engineering - F4.0.4.28.7fb~20220905g25fd8f0-3 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_38_Mass_Rebuild * Tue Dec 20 2022 Florian Weimer - F4.0.4.28.7fb~20220905g25fd8f0-2 - Fix C99 compatibility issue

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2242402 - tacacs: CVE-2023-45239 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2242402

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-ef2653f707' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: tacacs
Product: Fedora 37
Version: F4.0.4.28.7fb~20231005g4fdf178
Release: 1.fc37
URL: https://github.com/facebook/tac_plus
Summary: Daemon to run AAA via TACACS+ Protocol via IPv4 and IPv6

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical issue software update Fedora authentication protocol tacacs CVE-2023-45239

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