MGASA-2020-0139

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Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0139.html
Import Source
https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0139.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2020-0139
Related
Published
2020-03-12T21:47:01Z
Modified
2020-03-12T21:26:13Z
Summary
Updated ppp packages fix security vulnerability
Details

Updated ppp packages fix security vulnerability:

Ilja Van Sprundel discovered a buffer overflow vulnerability in ppp. When receiving an EAP Request message in client mode, an attacker was able to overflow the rhostname array by providing a very long name (CVE-2020-8597).

References
Credits

Affected packages

Mageia:7 / ppp

Package

Name
ppp
Purl
pkg:rpm/mageia/ppp?distro=mageia-7

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.4.7-13.1.mga7

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "section": "core"
}