Vulnerability Details CVE-2015-9542
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.02
EPSS Ranking 82.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-9542
- https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/pam_radius/commit/01173ec2426627dbb1e0d96c06c3ffa0b14d36d0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00023.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00000.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4290-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4290-2/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-9542
- https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/pam_radius/commit/01173ec2426627dbb1e0d96c06c3ffa0b14d36d0
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00023.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00000.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4290-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4290-2/
Products affected by CVE-2015-9542
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cpe:2.3:a:freeradius:pam_radius:1.4.0
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04
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cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.10
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0