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1.7 KiB
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="202003-19">
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<title>PPP: Buffer overflow</title>
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<synopsis>A buffer overflow in PPP might allow a remote attacker to execute
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arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">PPP</product>
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<announced>2020-03-15</announced>
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<revised count="1">2020-03-15</revised>
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<bug>710308</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-dialup/ppp" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.4.8</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.4.8</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>PPP is a Unix implementation of the Point-to-Point Protocol.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>It was discovered that bounds check in PPP for the rhostname was
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improperly constructed in the EAP request and response functions.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>A remote attacker, by sending specially crafted authentication data,
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could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process
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or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All PPP users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dialup/ppp-2.4.8"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8597">CVE-2020-8597</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-03-15T02:58:39Z">whissi</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-03-15T03:04:09Z">whissi</metadata>
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</glsa>
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