Red Hat Security Advisory 2020-0630-01 - The ppp packages contain the Point-to-Point Protocol 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 or other organization over a modem and phone line. Issues addressed include a buffer overflow vulnerability.
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: ppp security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0630-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0630
Issue date: 2020-02-27
CVE Names: CVE-2020-8597
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1. Summary:
An update for ppp is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64
3. Description:
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.
4. 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
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1800727 - CVE-2020-8597 ppp: Buffer overflow in the eap_request and eap_response functions in eap.c
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source:
ppp-2.4.5-34.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64:
ppp-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.i686.rpm
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
ppp-devel-2.4.5-34.el7_7.i686.rpm
ppp-devel-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source:
ppp-2.4.5-34.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64:
ppp-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.i686.rpm
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
ppp-devel-2.4.5-34.el7_7.i686.rpm
ppp-devel-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
ppp-2.4.5-34.el7_7.src.rpm
ppc64:
ppp-2.4.5-34.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
ppp-2.4.5-34.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
ppp-2.4.5-34.el7_7.s390x.rpm
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
ppp-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7):
ppc64:
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.ppc.rpm
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
ppp-devel-2.4.5-34.el7_7.ppc.rpm
ppp-devel-2.4.5-34.el7_7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
ppp-devel-2.4.5-34.el7_7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.s390.rpm
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.s390x.rpm
ppp-devel-2.4.5-34.el7_7.s390.rpm
ppp-devel-2.4.5-34.el7_7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.i686.rpm
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
ppp-devel-2.4.5-34.el7_7.i686.rpm
ppp-devel-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
ppp-2.4.5-34.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64:
ppp-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7):
x86_64:
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.i686.rpm
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
ppp-devel-2.4.5-34.el7_7.i686.rpm
ppp-devel-2.4.5-34.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8597
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
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