Debian Long Term Support / LTS Security Information / 2020 / Security Information -- DLA-2239-1 libpam-tacplus

Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2239-1 libpam-tacplus -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

08 Jun 2020

Affected Packages:

libpam-tacplus

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-13881.

More information:

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.

• CVE-2020-13881

  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, these problems have been fixed in version 1.3.8-2+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libpam-tacplus packages.

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