Critical
Security advisory
In pam_tacplus.c in pam_tacplus before 1.4.1, pam_sm_acct_mgmt does not zero out the arep data structure.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2016-20014
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 12:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In pam_tacplus.c in pam_tacplus before 1.4.1, pam_sm_acct_mgmt does not zero out the arep data structure.
osv:CVE-2016-20014
Complete source record
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