| 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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2116-1, DLA-2304-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 951396 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| libpam-radius-auth (PTS) | bookworm, bullseye | 2.0.0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.0.0-1 | 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 | jessie | 1.3.16-4.4+deb8u1 | DLA-2116-1 | ||
| libpam-radius-auth | source | stretch | 1.3.16-5+deb9u1 | DLA-2304-1 | ||
| libpam-radius-auth | source | buster | 1.4.0-3~deb10u1 | |||
| libpam-radius-auth | source | (unstable) | 1.4.0-3 | 951396 |
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