Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-1340 - Unspecified vulnerability in Debian Linux 3.0

047910
CVSS 2.1 - LOW
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
local
low complexity
debian
nessus

Summary

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 installs the libpam-radius-auth package with the pam_radius_auth.conf set to be world-readable, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Debian
12

Nessus

NASL familyDebian Local Security Checks
NASL idDEBIAN_DSA-659.NASL
descriptionTwo problems have been discovered in the libpam-radius-auth package, the PAM RADIUS authentication module. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures Project identifies the following problems : - CAN-2004-1340 The Debian package accidentally installed its configuration file /etc/pam_radius_auth.conf world-readable. Since it may possibly contain secrets all local users are able to read them if the administrator hasn
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id16252
published2005-01-26
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2005-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/16252
titleDebian DSA-659-1 : libpam-radius-auth - information leak, integer underflow