CVE-2015-9542

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-9542

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9542.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.4.0-3
debian debianbullseyefixed1.4.0-3
debian debianforkyfixed1.4.0-3
debian debiansidfixed1.4.0-3
debian debiantrixiefixed1.4.0-3

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.