{"action":"Upgrade ppp to 2.4.8-r1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"2.4.8-r1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"ppp","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Alpine","ecosystem_qualifier":"Alpine:v3.17","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["2.4.8-r1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NCSSHTCQZ24MH2SPB5GCZ1","modified_at":"2026-09-11T10:17:51.453722301Z","published_at":"2020-02-03T23:15:11.387Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2020-8597","https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-8597"],"severity":{"label":"critical","score":9.8},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"ALPINE-CVE-2020-8597#Alpine:v3.17/ppp","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2020-8597"}],"summary":"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."}