vulnerability
Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2020-8597: Security patch for ppp (ALAS-2020-1371)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Feb 3, 2020 | Jun 4, 2020 | Aug 25, 2020 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 3, 2020
Added
Jun 4, 2020
Modified
Aug 25, 2020
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
amazon-linux-upgrade-ppp
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