Vulnerability CVE-2020-8597
Published: 2020-02-03   Modified: 2020-02-04

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
pppd 2.4.8 Buffer Overflow
nu11secur1ty
20.03.2020

Type:

CWE-120

 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Point-to-point protocol project -> Point-to-point protocol 

 References:
https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00005.html
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