Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-8597  

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

Severity Medium

Remote Yes

Type Arbitrary code execution

Description

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

AVG-1101 ppp 2.4.7-6 Medium Vulnerable

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00005.html