CVE-2020-8597
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=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
- 2020-02-03T23:15:11.387Z
- Modified
- 2026-02-09T04:33:57.065696Z
- 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
-
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNJNHWOO4XF73M2W56ILZUY4JQG3JXIR/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOFDAIOWSWPG732ASYUZNINMXDHY4APE/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/782301
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00006.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156662/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156802/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/6
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0630
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0631
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0633
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0634
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-809841.pdf
- https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426
- https://kb.netgear.com/000061806/Security-Advisory-for-Unauthenticated-Remote-Buffer-Overflow-Attack-in-PPPD-on-WAC510-PSV-2020-0136
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00005.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-19
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0004/
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-224-04
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-2/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4632
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/782301
- https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_02
- https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00006.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/6
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00005.html
Affected packages
Git / github.com/ppp-project/ppp
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Affected versions
ppp-2.*
ppp-2.0.4
ppp-2.1.1
ppp-2.1.2
ppp-2.2
ppp-2.3.0
ppp-2.3.1
ppp-2.3.10
ppp-2.3.11
ppp-2.3.2
ppp-2.3.3
ppp-2.3.4
ppp-2.3.5
ppp-2.3.6
ppp-2.3.7
ppp-2.3.8
ppp-2.3.9
ppp-2.4.0
ppp-2.4.1
ppp-2.4.2
ppp-2.4.3
ppp-2.4.4
ppp-2.4.5
ppp-2.4.6
ppp-2.4.7
ppp-2.4.8
v2.*
v2.0.4
v2.1.1
v2.1.2
v2.2
v2.3.0
v2.3.1
v2.3.10
v2.3.11
v2.3.2
v2.3.3
v2.3.4
v2.3.5
v2.3.6
v2.3.7
v2.3.8
v2.3.9
v2.4.0
v2.4.1
v2.4.2
v2.4.3
v2.4.4
v2.4.5
v2.4.6
v2.4.7
v2.4.8
Database specific
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-8597.json"
vanir_signatures
[
{
"id": "CVE-2020-8597-c6718d2e",
"source": "https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426",
"signature_version": "v1",
"deprecated": false,
"signature_type": "Line",
"digest": {
"threshold": 0.9,
"line_hashes": [
"8699045395222809821525703277737619786",
"292496779373962596035831255329665227367",
"48074617099796428185979187632482703117",
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"48074617099796428185979187632482703117",
"71461733246980172279550421003972967472"
]
},
"target": {
"file": "pppd/eap.c"
}
}
]