CVE-2015-9542

Name	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-2116-1
NVD severity	medium
Debian Bugs	951396

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libpam-radius-auth (PTS)	jessie	1.3.16-4.4	vulnerable
	jessie (security)	1.3.16-4.4+deb8u1	fixed
	stretch	1.3.16-5	vulnerable
	buster	1.4.0-2	vulnerable
	sid	1.4.0-3	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
libpam-radius-auth	source	(unstable)	1.4.0-3			951396
libpam-radius-auth	source	jessie	1.3.16-4.4+deb8u1		DLA-2116-1

Notes

https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/pam_radius/commit/01173ec
https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/pam_radius/commit/6bae92d
https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/pam_radius/commit/ac2c1677
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1686980