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#950618
ppp: CVE-2020-8597: Fix bounds check in EAP code
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Bug#950618; Package src:ppp.
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Source: ppp
Version: 2.4.7-2+4.1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Control: found -1 2.4.7-1+4
Hi,
The following vulnerability was published for ppp.
CVE-2020-8597[0]:
| 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.
If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.
For further information see:
[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8597
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8597
[1] https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426
Regards,
Salvatore
Marked as found in versions ppp/2.4.7-1+4.
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