{"id":"RLSA-2020:0633","summary":"Important: ppp security update","details":"The ppp packages contain the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) daemon and documentation for PPP support. The PPP protocol provides a method for transmitting datagrams over serial point-to-point links. PPP is usually used to dial in to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) or other organization over a modem and phone line.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* ppp: Buffer overflow in the eap_request and eap_response functions in eap.c (CVE-2020-8597)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.","modified":"2026-03-11T05:55:11.474130Z","published":"2020-02-27T14:59:09Z","upstream":["CVE-2020-8597"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2020:0633"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1800727"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ppp","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/ppp?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.4.7-26.el8_1"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2020:0633.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}