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CVE-2020-8597

Published: 3 February 2020

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
lwip
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needs triage

groovy Not vulnerable
(2.1.2+dfsg1-6)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(2.1.2+dfsg1-6)
impish Not vulnerable
(2.1.2+dfsg1-6)
jammy Not vulnerable
(2.1.2+dfsg1-6)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(2.1.2+dfsg1-6)
lunar Not vulnerable
(2.1.2+dfsg1-6)
mantic Not vulnerable
(2.1.2+dfsg1-6)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: http://git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/lwip.git/commit/?id=2ee3cbe69c6d2805e64e7cac2a1c1706e49ffd86

ppp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (2.4.7-2+2ubuntu1.2)
eoan
Released (2.4.7-2+4.1ubuntu4.1)
focal
Released (2.4.7-2+4.1ubuntu5)
groovy
Released (2.4.7-2+4.1ubuntu5)
hirsute
Released (2.4.7-2+4.1ubuntu5)
impish
Released (2.4.7-2+4.1ubuntu5)
jammy
Released (2.4.7-2+4.1ubuntu5)
kinetic
Released (2.4.7-2+4.1ubuntu5)
lunar
Released (2.4.7-2+4.1ubuntu5)
mantic
Released (2.4.7-2+4.1ubuntu5)
trusty
Released (2.4.5-5.1ubuntu2.3+esm1)
Available with Ubuntu Pro or Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only)
upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (2.4.7-1+2ubuntu1.16.04.2)
Patches:

upstream: https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H