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                "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1879981",
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            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=66d42ed8b25b64eb63111a2b8582c5afc8bf1105",
                "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=66d42ed8b25b64eb63111a2b8582c5afc8bf1105"
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            {
                "refsource": "SUSE",
                "name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:1655",
                "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00021.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "SUSE",
                "name": "openSUSE-SU-2020:1698",
                "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00042.html"
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                "refsource": "DEBIAN",
                "name": "DSA-4774",
                "url": "https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4774"
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                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20201028 [SECURITY] [DLA 2417-1] linux-4.19 security update",
                "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00028.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20201030 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-1] linux security update",
                "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00032.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MLIST",
                "name": "[debian-lts-announce] 20201031 [SECURITY] [DLA 2420-2] linux regression update",
                "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00034.html"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "CONFIRM",
                "name": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20201103-0002/",
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            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20210325-0002/",
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                "value": "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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