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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202402-13">
    <title>TACACS+: Remote Code Execution</title>
    <synopsis>A vulnerability has been discovered in TACACS+ which could lead to remote code execution.</synopsis>
    <product type="ebuild">tac_plus</product>
    <announced>2024-02-18</announced>
    <revised count="1">2024-02-18</revised>
    <bug>918536</bug>
    <access>remote</access>
    <affected>
        <package name="net-nds/tac_plus" auto="yes" arch="*">
            <vulnerable range="le">4.0.4.27a-r3</vulnerable>
        </package>
    </affected>
    <background>
        <p>An updated version of Cisco&#39;s TACACS+ server.</p>
    </background>
    <description>
        <p>A vulnerabilitiy has been discovered in TACACS+. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.</p>
    </description>
    <impact type="high">
        <p>A lack of input validation exists in tac_plus which, when pre or post auth commands are enabled, allows an attacker who can control the username, rem-addr, or NAC address sent to tac_plus to inject shell commands and gain remote code execution on the tac_plus server.</p>
    </impact>
    <workaround>
        <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
    </workaround>
    <resolution>
        <p>Gentoo has discontinued support for TACACS+. We recommend that users unmerge it:</p>
        
        <code>
          # emerge --ask --depclean "net-nds/tac_plus"
        </code>
    </resolution>
    <references>
        <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45239">CVE-2023-45239</uri>
    </references>
    <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2024-02-18T07:32:10.393499Z">graaff</metadata>
    <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2024-02-18T07:32:10.395789Z">graaff</metadata>
</glsa>