9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2020-8597
PPP EAP c buffer overflow vulnerable
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 3, 2020, 11:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:39 a.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2020-8597 has a 28 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2020-8597 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Wago pfc_firmware
2 Wago pfc100
3 Wago pfc200
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Point-to-point_protocol_project point-to-point_protocol
: Total Affected Vendor : 4 | Products : 6
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2020-8597.

URL Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00006.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156662/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156802/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0630 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0631 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0633 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0634 Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-809841.pdf Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000061806/Security-Advisory-for-Unauthenticated-Remote-Buffer-Overflow-Attack-in-PPPD-on-WAC510-PSV-2020-0136 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNJNHWOO4XF73M2W56ILZUY4JQG3JXIR/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOFDAIOWSWPG732ASYUZNINMXDHY4APE/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-19 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0004/ Third Party Advisory
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-224-04 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4632 Third Party Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/782301 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_02 Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00006.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156662/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156802/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/6 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0630 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0631 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0633 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0634 Third Party Advisory
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-809841.pdf Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000061806/Security-Advisory-for-Unauthenticated-Remote-Buffer-Overflow-Attack-in-PPPD-on-WAC510-PSV-2020-0136 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNJNHWOO4XF73M2W56ILZUY4JQG3JXIR/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOFDAIOWSWPG732ASYUZNINMXDHY4APE/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-19 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0004/ Third Party Advisory
https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-224-04 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4632 Third Party Advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/782301 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_02 Third Party Advisory

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pentration/gongkaishouji

公开收集所用

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Tyro-Shan/gongkaishouji

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Assembly Python Shell PHP C++ C Go Ruby HTML Java

Updated: 4 years, 3 months ago
0 stars 15 fork 15 watcher
Born at : Aug. 31, 2020, 1:32 p.m. This repo has been linked 126 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2020-8597 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2020-8597 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00006.html
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156662/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156802/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/6
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0630
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0631
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0633
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0634
    Added Reference https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-809841.pdf
    Added Reference https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426
    Added Reference https://kb.netgear.com/000061806/Security-Advisory-for-Unauthenticated-Remote-Buffer-Overflow-Attack-in-PPPD-on-WAC510-PSV-2020-0136
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00005.html
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNJNHWOO4XF73M2W56ILZUY4JQG3JXIR/
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOFDAIOWSWPG732ASYUZNINMXDHY4APE/
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-19
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0004/
    Added Reference https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-224-04
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-1/
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-2/
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4632
    Added Reference https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/782301
    Added Reference https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_02
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UNJNHWOO4XF73M2W56ILZUY4JQG3JXIR/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YOFDAIOWSWPG732ASYUZNINMXDHY4APE/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UNJNHWOO4XF73M2W56ILZUY4JQG3JXIR/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOFDAIOWSWPG732ASYUZNINMXDHY4APE/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 05, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00006.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00006.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156662/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156662/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156802/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156802/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/6 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/6 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0630 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0630 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0631 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0631 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0633 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0633 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0634 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0634 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-809841.pdf No Types Assigned https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-809841.pdf Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://kb.netgear.com/000061806/Security-Advisory-for-Unauthenticated-Remote-Buffer-Overflow-Attack-in-PPPD-on-WAC510-PSV-2020-0136 No Types Assigned https://kb.netgear.com/000061806/Security-Advisory-for-Unauthenticated-Remote-Buffer-Overflow-Attack-in-PPPD-on-WAC510-PSV-2020-0136 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00005.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00005.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UNJNHWOO4XF73M2W56ILZUY4JQG3JXIR/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UNJNHWOO4XF73M2W56ILZUY4JQG3JXIR/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOFDAIOWSWPG732ASYUZNINMXDHY4APE/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOFDAIOWSWPG732ASYUZNINMXDHY4APE/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-19 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-19 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0004/ No Types Assigned https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0004/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-224-04 No Types Assigned https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-224-04 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-1/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-1/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-2/ No Types Assigned https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-2/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4632 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4632 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/782301 No Types Assigned https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/782301 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_02 No Types Assigned https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_02 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:wago:pfc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 03.04.10\(16\) OR cpe:2.3:h:wago:pfc100:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:h:wago:pfc200:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ics/advisories/icsa-20-224-04 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 11, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-809841.pdf [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 08, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://kb.netgear.com/000061806/Security-Advisory-for-Unauthenticated-Remote-Buffer-Overflow-Attack-in-PPPD-on-WAC510-PSV-2020-0136 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 18, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156802/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 17, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-2/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 15, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-19 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 13, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200313-0004/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 12, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YOFDAIOWSWPG732ASYUZNINMXDHY4APE/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 10, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_02 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156662/pppd-2.4.8-Buffer-Overflow.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 08, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UNJNHWOO4XF73M2W56ILZUY4JQG3JXIR/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 06, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/6 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/782301 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 03, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4288-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 02, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00006.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0633 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0634 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0630 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 27, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0631 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 22, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4632 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/02/msg00005.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 05, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426 No Types Assigned https://github.com/paulusmack/ppp/commit/8d7970b8f3db727fe798b65f3377fe6787575426 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-120
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:point-to-point_protocol_project:point-to-point_protocol:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 2.4.2 up to (including) 2.4.8
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-8597 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2020-8597 weaknesses.

CAPEC-8: Buffer Overflow in an API Call Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-9: Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities CAPEC-10: Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-14: Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-24: Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-42: MIME Conversion MIME Conversion CAPEC-44: Overflow Binary Resource File Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-45: Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-46: Overflow Variables and Tags Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-47: Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-67: String Format Overflow in syslog() String Format Overflow in syslog() CAPEC-92: Forced Integer Overflow Forced Integer Overflow CAPEC-100: Overflow Buffers Overflow Buffers
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

24.10 }} 3.04%

score

0.96621

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
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