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Ubuntu: USN-4521-1 (CVE-2020-13881): pam_tacplus vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4521-1 (CVE-2020-13881): pam_tacplus vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/06/2020
Created
09/24/2020
Added
09/22/2020
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

In support.c in pam_tacplus 1.3.8 through 1.5.1, the TACACS+ shared secret gets logged via syslog if the DEBUG loglevel and journald are used.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libpam-tacplus

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