CVE-2015-9542

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-787

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-9542Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/pam_radius/commit/01173ec2426627dbb1e0d96c06c3ffa0b14d36d0Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4290-1/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4290-2/Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2015-9542Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/FreeRADIUS/pam_radius/commit/01173ec2426627dbb1e0d96c06c3ffa0b14d36d0Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00023.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4290-1/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4290-2/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 24, 2020
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

Related CVEs from 2015

CVE-2015-95433.3An issue was discovered in OpenStack Nova before 18.2.4, 19.x before 19.1.0, and 20.x before 20.1.0. It can leak consoleauth tokens into log CVE-2015-95447.1An issue was discovered in xdLocalStorage through 2.0.5. The receiveMessage() function in xdLocalStoragePostMessageApi.js does not implement CVE-2015-95457.1An issue was discovered in xdLocalStorage through 2.0.5. The receiveMessage() function in xdLocalStorage.js does not implement any validatio CVE-2015-95464.8An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with KK(4.4) and later software through 2015-06-16. In some cases, HTTP is used for an Inp CVE-2015-95477.5An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with JBP(4.3) and KK(4.4.2) software. Because the READ_LOGS permission is mishandled, sens CVE-2015-95487.5An issue was discovered in Mattermost Server before 1.2.0. It allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a small CVE-2015-95496.1A reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in OcPortal 9.0.20 via the OCF_EMOTICON_CELL.tpl FIELD_NAME field to data/emotic CVE-2015-95507.5An issue was discovered on TOTOLINK A850R-V1 through 1.0.1-B20150707.1612 and F1-V2 through 1.1-B20150708.1646 devices. By sending a specifi CVE-2015-95519.8An issue was discovered on TOTOLINK A850R-V1 through 1.0.1-B20150707.1612 and F1-V2 through 1.1-B20150708.1646 devices. There is Remote Code