CVE-2020-13881

Publication date 6 June 2020

Last updated 26 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5 · High

Score breakdown

Description

In support.c in pam_tacplus 1.3.8 through 1.5.1, the TACACS+ shared secret gets logged via syslog if the DEBUG loglevel and journald are used.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libpam-tacplus 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
25.04 plucky Not in release
24.10 oracular Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.3.8-2+deb8u1build0.20.04.1
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 1.3.8-2+deb8u1build0.18.04.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.3.8-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libpam-tacplus

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4521-1
    • pam_tacplus vulnerability
    • 21 September 2020

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