- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 659-1                     security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                             Martin Schulze
January 26th, 2005                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------Package        : libpam-radius-auth
Vulnerability  : information leak, integer underflow
Problem-Type   : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID         : CAN-2004-1340 CAN-2005-0108

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 accidently 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 discoverd an integer underflow in the mod_auth_radius
    module for Apache which is also present in libpam-radius-auth.

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

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.3.16-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libpam-radius-auth package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
        will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
        will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade
        will install corrected packages

You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the
footer to the proper configuration.


Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody
- --------------------------------  Source archives:

          Size/MD5 checksum:      633 685f1323a3b5848ccb548fe383c2647d
          Size/MD5 checksum:     4339 cdbeaff45c0477e017bb2926d72e258f
          Size/MD5 checksum:    24709 3952a5de3ac960d03e437951f42e67e2

  Alpha architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    21606 a6ba05a3d785212a9b65720f29254988

  ARM architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    19220 393e12c5b12e19b4f85f9efd2daa10cb

  Intel IA-32 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    17496 183e9f999e643aeb407898c8aac3f7d4

  Intel IA-64 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    24672 d595102f5f85b8b1c403bf9fa5cceab7

  HP Precision architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    20238 f88620aba0ce73be9978d5e069af6391

  Motorola 680x0 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    17140 4409cb32e00171b001a99a9c8a690679

  Big endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    18090 916e4b25e48fd01d6bdc2509d8089505

  Little endian MIPS architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    18310 1b20887306ee88f954aa159afb13889e

  PowerPC architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    18394 29467c53c34a3f8745e640969e337a51

  IBM S/390 architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    18690 2c2ea4437da4b44b14c65fffedc11673

  Sun Sparc architecture:

          Size/MD5 checksum:    18328 b39b7c1da80afa286c979e37b74c846e


  These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on
  its next update.

- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------For apt-get: deb https://www.debian.org/security/ stable/updates main
For dpkg-ftp:  dists/stable/updates/main
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: New libpam-radius-auth packages fix several vulnerabilities

January 26, 2005
Two problems have been discovered in the libpam-radius-auth package, the PAM RADIUS authentication module

Summary


The Debian package accidently 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 discoverd an integer underflow in the mod_auth_radius
module for Apache which is also present in libpam-radius-auth.

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

For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in
version 1.3.16-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libpam-radius-auth package.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as given below:

apt-get update
will update the internal database
apt-get...

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