vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-8597): ppp vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Feb 3, 2020
Added
Mar 2, 2020
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

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

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-ppp
Title
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