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A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\nlibpam-radius-auth to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n","status":"published","published":"2020-02-24T14:21:20Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:47Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:14.547547Z"},{"id":"USN-4290-2","title":"libpam-radius-auth vulnerability","description":"USN-4290-1 fixed a vulnerability in libpam-radius-auth. This update provides\nthe corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.\n\nOriginal advisory details:\n\n It was discovered that libpam-radius-auth incorrectly handled certain long\n passwords. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause\n libpam-radius-auth to crash, resulting in a denial of service.\n","status":"published","published":"2020-03-03T11:54:46Z","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:47Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T16:58:14.547547Z"}]}}