CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-8597
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-02-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120
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 configurations
• point-to-point protocol project point-to-point protocol (>= 2.4.2 <= 2.4.8)
• wago pfc firmware (< 03.04.10\(16\))
• debian debian linux 9.0
• debian debian linux 10.0
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 18.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 19.04
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156662/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156802/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0630 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0631 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0633 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0634 Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-809841.pdf Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://kb.netgear.com/000061806/Security-Advisory-for-Unauthenticated-Remote-Buffer-Overflow-Attack-in-PPPD-on-WAC510-PSV-2020-0136 Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNJNHWOO4XF73M2W56ILZUY4JQG3JXIR/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOFDAIOWSWPG732ASYUZNINMXDHY4APE/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-19 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0004/ Third Party Advisory
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-224-04 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4632 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/782301 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_02 Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156662/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156802/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0630 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0631 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0633 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0634 Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-809841.pdf Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://kb.netgear.com/000061806/Security-Advisory-for-Unauthenticated-Remote-Buffer-Overflow-Attack-in-PPPD-on-WAC510-PSV-2020-0136 Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNJNHWOO4XF73M2W56ILZUY4JQG3JXIR/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOFDAIOWSWPG732ASYUZNINMXDHY4APE/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-19 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0004/ Third Party Advisory
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-224-04 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-1/ Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-2/ Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4632 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/782301 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_02 Third Party Advisory