OPENSUSE-SU-2021:1896-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2021-07-11 12:26 - Updated: 2026-09-20 19:32
Summary
Security update for pam_radius
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for pam_radius
Description of the patch: This update for pam_radius fixes the following issues: - CVE-2015-9542: pam_radius: buffer overflow in password field (bsc#1163933)
Patchnames: openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2021-1896
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.3:pam_radius-0:1.4.0-3.3.1.aarch64
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.3:pam_radius-0:1.4.0-3.3.1.ppc64le
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.3:pam_radius-0:1.4.0-3.3.1.s390x
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.3:pam_radius-0:1.4.0-3.3.1.x86_64
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: openSUSE Leap 15.3:pam_radius-32bit-0:1.4.0-3.3.1.x86_64
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate

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