{
  "cveId": "CVE-2020-8597",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8597",
  "summary": "CVE-2020-8597 is fixed in 4 products on 1 platform, first by ppp 2.4.7-2\u002B2ubuntu1.2, released February 3, 2020. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.",
  "title": "ppp: eap.c in pppd in ppp 2.4.2 through 2.4.8 has an rhostname buffer overflowin the eap_request and eap_response functions.",
  "description": "eap.c in pppd in ppp 2.4.2 through 2.4.8 has an rhostname buffer overflowin the eap_request and eap_response functions.",
  "published": "2020-02-03T15:15:00Z",
  "severity": "Medium",
  "cvss": 9.8,
  "epss": 0.19925,
  "epssPercentile": 0.97445,
  "priority": "High",
  "priorityTier": 3,
  "exploited": false,
  "vendorExploited": false,
  "disclosed": false,
  "fixes": [
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "liblwip0",
      "release": "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.1.2\u002Bdfsg1-4ubuntu0.1~esm1",
      "fix": "liblwip0 2.1.2\u002Bdfsg1-4ubuntu0.1~esm1",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-liblwip0-2.1.2-dfsg1-4ubuntu0.1-esm1",
      "released": "2026-05-18T12:16:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "network-scripts-ppp",
      "release": "RHEL 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:2.4.7-26.el8_1",
      "fix": "RHSA-2020:0633",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-0633",
      "released": "2020-02-27T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ppp",
      "release": "RHEL 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:2.4.7-26.el8_1",
      "fix": "RHSA-2020:0633",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-0633",
      "released": "2020-02-27T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ppp",
      "release": "Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.4.7-2\u002B2ubuntu1.2",
      "fix": "ppp 2.4.7-2\u002B2ubuntu1.2",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-bionic-ppp-2.4.7-2-2ubuntu1.2",
      "released": "2020-02-03T15:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ppp",
      "release": "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.4.7-2\u002B4.1ubuntu5",
      "fix": "ppp 2.4.7-2\u002B4.1ubuntu5",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-focal-ppp-2.4.7-2-4.1ubuntu5",
      "released": "2020-02-03T15:15:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ppp",
      "release": "Ubuntu 24.10 (oracular)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.4.7-2\u002B4.1ubuntu5",
      "fix": "ppp 2.4.7-2\u002B4.1ubuntu5",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-oracular-ppp-2.4.7-2-4.1ubuntu5",
      "released": "2026-01-16T01:42:22Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ppp",
      "release": "Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky)",
      "fixedVersion": "2.4.7-2\u002B4.1ubuntu5",
      "fix": "ppp 2.4.7-2\u002B4.1ubuntu5",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/ubuntu-plucky-ppp-2.4.7-2-4.1ubuntu5",
      "released": "2026-01-16T01:42:24Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ppp",
      "release": "ol 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:2.4.7-26.el8_1",
      "fix": "ELSA-2020-0633",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2020-0633",
      "released": "2020-02-27T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ppp-devel",
      "release": "RHEL 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:2.4.7-26.el8_1",
      "fix": "RHSA-2020:0633",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2020-0633",
      "released": "2020-02-27T00:00:00Z"
    },
    {
      "platform": "linux",
      "product": "ppp-devel",
      "release": "ol 8",
      "fixedVersion": "0:2.4.7-26.el8_1",
      "fix": "ELSA-2020-0633",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/elsa-2020-0633",
      "released": "2020-02-27T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "noFixYet": [],
  "dataAsOf": "2026-11-08T06:59:42Z",
  "attribution": {
    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
    "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar",
    "terms": "https://patchblox.com/security/patch-radar/use-the-data"
  }
}