Debian DLA-2239-1 : libpam-tacplus security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 137248

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was an issue in libpam-tacplus (a security module for using the TACACS+ authentication service) where shared secrets such as private server keys were being added in the clear to various logs.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in libpam-tacplus version 1.3.8-2+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libpam-tacplus packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected libpam-tacplus package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137248

File Name: debian_DLA-2239.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/9/2020

Updated: 3/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-13881

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpam-tacplus

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-13881

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