High severity · published Feb 24, 2020
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()
7.5
CVSS
3.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.5% · higher than 89% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
PR
Pam Radius · Freeradius
1.4.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 19.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9542
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-9542
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-9542
Patch
https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/pam_radius/commit/01173ec2426627dbb1e0d96c06c3ffa0b14d36d0
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00023.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4290-1/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4290-2/
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