Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2020-1400
Advisory Release Date: 2020-03-02 23:45 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2020-03-06 22:35 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
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. (CVE-2020-8597)
Affected Packages:
ppp
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update ppp to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
ppp-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
ppp-devel-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.3.aarch64
i686:
ppp-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.3.i686
ppp-devel-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.3.i686
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.3.i686
src:
ppp-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.3.src
x86_64:
ppp-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
ppp-devel-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.3.x86_64
ppp-debuginfo-2.4.5-33.amzn2.0.3.x86_64