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CVE-2016-20014

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-04-21 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In pam_tacplus.c in pam_tacplus before 1.4.1, pam_sm_acct_mgmt does not zero out the arep data structure.

Affected products

• Pam Tacplus Project Pam Tacplus: before 1.4.1 — fixed in 1.4.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Pam Tacplus Project Pam Tacplus 1.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/kravietz/pam_tacplus/commit/e4c00eba70a0f72c4de77b5f072c69708ec2beab
• https://github.com/kravietz/pam_tacplus/commit/e4c00eba70a0f72c4de77b5f072c69708ec2beab

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