ubuntu-cve-2015-9542
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-12-31 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:43
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9542",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:33Z",
  "published": "2015-12-31T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-9542"
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4290-1"
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  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-9542"
  ]
}



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