CVE-2020-8597

CRITICAL9.8EPSS 66.0%

ppp - security update

Published: 2/3/2020Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2020-8597DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8597

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.

Affected packages (5)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1CRITICAL9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References (2)