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SUSE: 2021:15378-1 Vital Update for ppp Memory Leak Security Fix

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Calendar Grey February 25, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has issued a security patch for ppp addressing a severe buffer overflow vulnerability affecting various SUSE Linux versions.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for ppp fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2020-8597: Fixed a buffer overflow in the eap_request and eap_response functions (bsc#1162610). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp4-ppp-14292=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-ppp-14292=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-ppp-14292=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-ppp-14292=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS (i586 ppc64 s390x x86_64): ppp-2.4.5.git-2.32.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue buffer overflow important SUSE Linux ppp patch instructions

References

#1162610

Cross- CVE-2020-8597

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8597.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1162610

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14292-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue buffer overflow important SUSE Linux ppp patch instructions

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