{"id":"CVE-2015-9542","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.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:46:36.310184Z","published":"2020-02-24T15:15:10Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2020:1117-1","SUSE-SU-2021:1896-1","openSUSE-SU-2021:0870-1","openSUSE-SU-2021:1896-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:11144-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-9542"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/pam_radius/commit/01173ec2426627dbb1e0d96c06c3ffa0b14d36d0"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00023.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00000.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4290-1/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4290-2/"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00023.html"},{"type":"ARTICLE","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00000.html"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-9542"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/pam_radius/commit/01173ec2426627dbb1e0d96c06c3ffa0b14d36d0"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-9542"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}