708192 – net-dialup/ppp: rhostname buffer overflow in pppd (CVE-2020-8597)

Bug 708192 - net-dialup/ppp: rhostname buffer overflow in pppd (CVE-2020-8597)

Summary: net-dialup/ppp: rhostname buffer overflow in pppd (CVE-2020-8597)

Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 710308

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal minor (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/com...
Whiteboard:	A4? [upstream/ebuild]
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Description filip ambroz 2020-02-04 09:10:23 UTC

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

Comment 1 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2020-02-20 16:21:54 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 710308 ***