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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: RHSA-2020-0631-01 Important Notice on PPP

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Calendar Grey February 27, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A security update for PPP has been released to address critical vulnerabilities that may allow unauthorized access and system instability, urging users to update now
An update for ppp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

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.
Security Fix(es):
* ppp: Buffer overflow in the eap_request and eap_response functions in eap.c (CVE-2020-8597)
For 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.

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Topics Covered

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8597 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
i386: ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm ppp-devel-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm
x86_64: ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm ppp-devel-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm ppp-devel-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6):
Source: ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.src.rpm
x86_64: ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6):
x86_64: ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm ppp-devel-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm ppp-devel-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.src.rpm
i386: ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm
ppc64: ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.ppc64.rpm ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.ppc64.rpm
s390x: ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.s390x.rpm ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.s390x.rpm
x86_64: ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


Severity
important
Lowest
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Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0631-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0631
Issue date: 2020-02-27

Topic

An update for ppp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat buffer overflow security fix important ppp HPC node

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1800727 - CVE-2020-8597 ppp: Buffer overflow in the eap_request and eap_response functions in eap.c

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