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Debian DSA-659-1 : libpam-radius-auth - information leak, integer underflow

medium Nessus Plugin ID 16252

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Two problems have been discovered in the libpam-radius-auth package, the PAM RADIUS authentication module. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project identifies the following problems :

 - CAN-2004-1340 The Debian package accidentally installed its configuration file /etc/pam_radius_auth.conf world-readable. Since it may possibly contain secrets all local users are able to read them if the administrator hasn't adjusted file permissions. This problem is Debian specific.

 - CAN-2005-0108

 Leon Juranic discovered an integer underflow in the mod_auth_radius module for Apache which is also present in libpam-radius-auth.

Solution

Upgrade the libpam-radius-auth package.

For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.14-1.3.

See Also

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-659

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 16252

File Name: debian_DSA-659.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/26/2005

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpam-radius-auth, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1340, CVE-2005-0108

DSA: 659