CVE-2020-27743

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-27743
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-10-26 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-11-02 16:37:00 UTC
Descriptionlibtac in pam_tacplus through 1.5.1 lacks a check for a failure of RAND_bytes()/RAND_pseudo_bytes(). This could lead to use of a non-random/predictable session_id.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-330

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pam Tacplus Project Pam Tacplus All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
RFC 8907 - The Terminal Access Controller Access-Control System Plus (TACACS+) Protocol MISC tools.ietf.org Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Check for failure of OpenSSL RAND_[pseudo_]bytes by deastoe · Pull Request #163 · kravietz/pam_tacplus · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
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