{"id":"USN-4290-2","summary":"libpam-radius-auth vulnerability","details":"USN-4290-1 fixed a vulnerability in libpam-radius-auth. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that libpam-radius-auth incorrectly handled certain long\n passwords. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\n libpam-radius-auth to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:47Z","published":"2020-03-03T11:54:46Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9542"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-9542","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9542"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4290-2"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-9542"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libpam-radius-auth","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libpam-radius-auth@1.3.17-0ubuntu4+esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3.17-0ubuntu4+esm1"}]}],"versions":["1.3.17-0ubuntu4"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libpam-radius-auth","binary_version":"1.3.17-0ubuntu4+esm1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4290-2.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-9542","severity":[{"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"}]}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}