A flaw was found in the HDLC_PPP module of the Linux kernel in versions before 5.9-rc7. Memory corruption and a read overflow is caused by improper input validation in the ppp_cp_parse_cr function which can cause the system to crash or cause a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2020-10-06T00:00:00
Updated: 2022-10-11T00:00:00
Reserved: 2020-09-16T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2020-25643
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2020-10-06T14:15:12.683
Modified: 2023-05-16T10:48:49.033
Link: CVE-2020-25643
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