Synopsis: Important: ppp security update
Advisory ID:       SLSA-2020:0631-1
Issue Date:        2020-02-27
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2020-8597
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Security Fix(es):

* ppp: Buffer overflow in the eap_request and eap_response functions in
eap.c (CVE-2020-8597)
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SL6
  x86_64
    ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
    ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
    ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm
    ppp-devel-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm
    ppp-devel-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm
  i386
    ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm
    ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm
    ppp-devel-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

SciLinux: SLSA-2020-0631-1 Important: ppp on SL6.x i386/x86_64

ppp: Buffer overflow in the eap_request and eap_response functions in eap.c (CVE-2020-8597) SL6 x86_64 ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm ppp-d...

Summary

Important: ppp security update



Security Fixes

* ppp: Buffer overflow in the eap_request and eap_response functions in eap.c (CVE-2020-8597)
SL6 x86_64 ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm ppp-devel-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm ppp-devel-2.4.5-11.el6_10.x86_64.rpm i386 ppp-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm ppp-devel-2.4.5-11.el6_10.i686.rpm
- Scientific Linux Development Team

Severity
Advisory ID: SLSA-2020:0631-1
Issued Date: : 2020-02-27
CVE Numbers: CVE-2020-8597

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