{"action":"Upgrade ppp to 2.4.8-1+1 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"2.4.8-1+1","introduced":"0"}],"component":"ppp","cve_ids":[],"ecosystem":"Debian","ecosystem_qualifier":"Debian:12","exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["2.4.8-1+1"],"id":"tcs_01M5NF8W9F4A81CCP6SV5JS20R","modified_at":"2026-09-11T11:02:32.795234988Z","published_at":"2020-02-03T23:15:11.387Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8597","https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-8597"],"severity":{"label":"critical","score":9.8},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8597#Debian:12/ppp","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-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."}