CVE-2020-8597

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8597
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-8597.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-8597
Downstream
Related
Published
2020-02-03T23:15:11Z
Modified
2025-09-19T12:05:21.322989Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

eap.c in pppd in ppp 2.4.2 through 2.4.8 has an rhostname buffer overflow in the eaprequest and eapresponse functions.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.10

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.7-r7

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6

Alpine:v3.11

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.7-r7

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6

Alpine:v3.12

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.8-r1

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6
2.4.8-r0

Alpine:v3.13

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.8-r1

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6
2.4.8-r0

Alpine:v3.14

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.8-r1

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6
2.4.8-r0

Alpine:v3.15

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.8-r1

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6
2.4.8-r0

Alpine:v3.16

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.8-r1

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6
2.4.8-r0

Alpine:v3.17

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.8-r1

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6
2.4.8-r0

Alpine:v3.18

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.8-r1

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6
2.4.8-r0

Alpine:v3.19

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.8-r1

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6
2.4.8-r0

Alpine:v3.20

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.8-r1

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6
2.4.8-r0

Alpine:v3.21

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.8-r1

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6
2.4.8-r0

Alpine:v3.22

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.8-r1

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6
2.4.8-r0

Alpine:v3.8

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.7-r7

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6

Alpine:v3.9

ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/ppp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.7-r7

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.4-r0
2.4.5-r0
2.4.5-r1
2.4.5-r2
2.4.5-r3
2.4.5-r4
2.4.5-r5
2.4.5-r6
2.4.5-r7
2.4.5-r8
2.4.6-r0
2.4.7-r0
2.4.7-r1
2.4.7-r2
2.4.7-r3
2.4.7-r4
2.4.7-r5
2.4.7-r6