PT-2022-7849 · Unknown · Pam Tacplus

Published 2022-04-21 · Updated 2022-05-02 · CVE-2016-20014

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions pam tacplus versions prior to 1.4.1

Description The issue arises from the pam sm acct mgmt function in pam tacplus.c not properly zeroing out the arep data structure. This could potentially lead to sensitive information disclosure.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.4.1, update to version 1.4.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the pam sm acct mgmt function until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-20014

Affected Products

Pam Tacplus

References · 7

• https://github.com/kravietz/pam_tacplus/commit/e4c00eba70a0f72c4de77b5f072c69708ec2beab · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-20014 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-20014 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-20014 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-20014 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20014 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/29557 · Telegram Post