CVE-2020-8597
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 19.9%
eap.c in pppd in ppp 2.4.2 through 2.4.8 has an rhostname buffer overflow in the eap_request and eap_response functions.
- CVSS v3.1 NVD
- 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 19.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 97th percentile
- Published
- 2020-02-03
- Updated
- 2025-12-03
Proof-of-concept exploits (5)
- Dilan-Diaz/Point-to-Point-Protocol-Daemon-RCE-Vulnerability-CVE-2020-8597-0★ · 2020-05-12
- WinMin/CVE-2020-859748★ · 2020-03-12
- dointisme/CVE-2020-85970★ · 2020-03-05
- lakwsh/CVE-2020-85975★ · 2021-01-24
- syb999/pppd-cve0★ · 2020-04-24
Exploit collections (1)
- cve-2020-8597-pptpdhelloexp/0day
Security advisories
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00006.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156662/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156802/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/6
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0630
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0631
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0633
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0634
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-809841.pdf
- paulusmack/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426
- https://kb.netgear.com/000061806/Security-Advisory-for-Unauthenticated-Remote-Buffer-Over…
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00005.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-19
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0004
- https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-224-04
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-2
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4632
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/782301
- https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_02