Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 24, 2020· Updated Aug 6, 2024
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.
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Affected products
36- pam_radius/pam_radiusdescription
- Range: <1.4.0 (or ?1.4.0 is affected, fix after 1.4.0?)
- osv-coords34 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/pam_radius&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/pam_radius&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=HPE%20Helion%20OpenStack%208pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%205pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Enterprise%20Storage%206pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-BCLpkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Retail%20Branch%20Server%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.0pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%207pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%208pkg:rpm/suse/pam_radius&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%20Crowbar%208
< 1.4.0-lp152.4.3.1+ 33 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-lp152.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.0-3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.3.16-239.4.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- usn.ubuntu.com/4290-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- usn.ubuntu.com/4290-2/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- github.com/FreeRADIUS/pam_radius/commit/01173ec2426627dbb1e0d96c06c3ffa0b14d36d0mitrex_refsource_MISC
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00023.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00000.htmlmitremailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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