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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-8597: Classic Buffer Overflow

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-8597: Classic Buffer Overflow

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/03/2020
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
10/02/2024

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-ppp

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