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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-20014

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

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CVE-2016-20014
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31 Oct 2026, 12:10 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-20014

core-osv · Original source

Published 21 Apr 2022, 04:15 UTC

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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