Point-to-Point-Protocol-Daemon-RCE-Vulnerability-CVE-2020-8597-

Point-to-Point-Protocol-Daemon-RCE-Vulnerability-CVE-2020-8597- Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology Assignment 1 M. P. D. M. Dias IT19165530 MLBWDY2S113.1 Point to Point Protocol Daemon RCE Vulnerability CVE-2020-8597 Systems and Network Programming– IE2012 Content 1. Introduction 2...

CVE-2020-8597

CVE-2020-8597 eap.c in pppd in ppp 2.4.2 through 2.4.8 has an rhostname buffer overflow in the eaprequest and eapresponse functions. If you manage to get "EAP: unauthenticated peer name" long enough, seems like my client limits it to 255, you can do Buffer Overflow. You still have to beat the Sta...

codeql-buffer-overflow-variant

codeql-buffer-overflow-variant A deliberately vulnerable, 170-line C program used as a CodeQL static-analysis target. It reproduces the bug class of CVE-2020-8597 — the pppd EAP rhostname stack buffer overflow CWE-120 — in a program that shares none of pppd's function names, call depth, or dispat...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-91838

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-sstp, the SSTP VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by embedding special characters, known as shell metacharacters, into VPN connection profile fields such as CA certificate or proxy settings. These unescaped...

CVE-2026-91838

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-sstp, the SSTP VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by embedding special characters, known as shell metacharacters, into VPN connection profile fields such as CA certificate or proxy settings. These unescaped...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-91838

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-sstp, the SSTP VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by embedding special characters, known as shell metacharacters, into VPN connection profile fields such as CA certificate or proxy settings. These unescaped...

CVE-2026-91838

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-sstp, the SSTP VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by embedding special characters, known as shell metacharacters, into VPN connection profile fields such as CA certificate or proxy settings. These unescaped...

CVE-2026-91838

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-sstp, the SSTP VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by embedding special characters, known as shell metacharacters, into VPN connection profile fields such as CA certificate or proxy settings. These unescaped...

EUVD-2026-87248

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-sstp, the SSTP VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by embedding special characters, known as shell metacharacters, into VPN connection profile fields such as CA certificate or proxy settings. These unescaped...

CVE-2026-91838 Networkmanager-sstp: networkmanager-sstp: local privilege escalation to root via shell injection in vpn profile fields

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-sstp, the SSTP VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by embedding special characters, known as shell metacharacters, into VPN connection profile fields such as CA certificate or proxy settings. These unescaped...

CVE-2026-91838 Networkmanager-sstp: networkmanager-sstp: local privilege escalation to root via shell injection in vpn profile fields

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-sstp, the SSTP VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by embedding special characters, known as shell metacharacters, into VPN connection profile fields such as CA certificate or proxy settings. These unescaped...

CVE-2026-91838

A flaw in NetworkManager-sstp , the SSTP VPN plugin for NetworkManager, allows a local unprivileged user to achieve local privilege escalation to root. An attacker can embed shell metacharacters into VPN connection profile fields, such as proxy settings or CA certificates. Because these unescaped...

OESA-2026-4118 ppp security update

The Point-to-Point Protocol PPP provides a standard way to establish a network connection over a serial link. At present, this package supports IP and IPV6 and the protocols layered above them, such as TCP and UDP. The Linux port of this package also has support for IPX. Security Fixes: The code ...

OESA-2026-4116 ppp security update

The Point-to-Point Protocol PPP provides a standard way to establish a network connection over a serial link. At present, this package supports IP and IPV6 and the protocols layered above them, such as TCP and UDP. The Linux port of this package also has support for IPX. Security Fixes: The code ...

OESA-2026-4117 ppp security update

The Point-to-Point Protocol PPP provides a standard way to establish a network connection over a serial link. At present, this package supports IP and IPV6 and the protocols layered above them, such as TCP and UDP. The Linux port of this package also has support for IPX. Security Fixes: The code ...

CVE-2026-91838: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-sstp, the SSTP VPN plugin for NetworkManager. A local unprivileged user can exploit this vulnerability by embedding special characters, known as shell metacharacters, into VPN connection profile fields such as CA certificate or proxy settings. These unescaped...

CVE-2026-75131

NetworkManager-l2tp through 1.52.4, fixed in 1.52.6, contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows local users with permission to create VPN connections to execute arbitrary code as root by injecting pppd options through a crafted VPN username. Attackers can embed a double-quote...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-75131

NetworkManager-l2tp through 1.52.4, fixed in 1.52.6, contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows local users with permission to create VPN connections to execute arbitrary code as root by injecting pppd options through a crafted VPN username. Attackers can embed a double-quote...

CVE-2026-75131

A flaw was found in NetworkManager-l2tp. This privilege escalation vulnerability allows local users, who have permissions to create VPN connections, to execute arbitrary code as root. This is achieved by injecting options into the pppd Point-to-Point Protocol Daemon through a specially crafted VP...

EUVD-2026-85526

NetworkManager-l2tp through 1.52.4, fixed in 1.52.6, contains a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows local users with permission to create VPN connections to execute arbitrary code as root by injecting pppd options through a crafted VPN username. Attackers can embed a double-quote...