SUSE update for pam_radius

1) Out-of-bounds write

EUVDB-ID: #VU34810

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9542

CWE-ID: CWE-787 - Out-of-bounds write

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

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.

Mitigation

Update the affected package pam_radius to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Manager Proxy: 4.0

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server: 4.0

SUSE Manager Server: 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP: 15-SP1 - 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-LTSS - 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Enterprise Storage: 6

SUSE CaaS Platform: 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 15-LTSS - 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications: 15-SP2 - 15-SP3

pam_radius-debugsource: before 1.4.0-3.3.1

pam_radius-debuginfo: before 1.4.0-3.3.1

pam_radius: before 1.4.0-3.3.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_proxy:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_retail_branch_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_manager_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap:15-SP1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server_for_sap:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15-LTSS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15-ESPOS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15-SP1-LTSS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_enterprise_storage:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_caas_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:15-LTSS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_server_applications:15-SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam_radius-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam_radius-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:pam_radius:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20211896-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.