A ppp security update has been released for Slackware Linux.

New ppp packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to
fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
By sending an unsolicited EAP packet to a vulnerable ppp client or server,
an unauthenticated remote attacker could cause memory corruption in the
pppd process, which may allow for arbitrary code execution.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8597
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
( http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.8-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.8-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/ppp-2.4.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/ppp-2.4.8-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/ppp-2.4.8-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
2b3bb2dddfc38eac2fba20bb46359ae5 ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
e4e74a259397f901746cc3f9aa541320 ppp-2.4.8-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
b387c4a220c35dc85ff7ca5d8b67fdaf ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
fad1deff4c3ab51029860de52cca9abf ppp-2.4.8-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
12f80bee6fccbcd6f307483218878a8f ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
48da9ec1268dbbc5a7b4a82ce176f317 ppp-2.4.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
1be83644da426f7fa6c2ac6b47cabdc1 n/ppp-2.4.8-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
d9c1818afcbf1a51657ee64de0bd0b38 n/ppp-2.4.8-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg ppp-2.4.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz