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CVE-2007-2525

Published: May 8, 2007

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Memory leak in the PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) socket implementation in the Linux kernel before 2.6.21-git8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by creating a socket using connect, and releasing it before the PPPIOCGCHAN ioctl is initialized.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

ADV-2007-1703
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
27227
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
26664
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
SUSE-SA:2007:051
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
SUSE-SA:2007:053
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
26289
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
23870
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10594
vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_OVAL
25838
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
MDKSA-2007:171
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
USN-510-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
DSA-1504
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
DSA-1356
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
MDKSA-2007:216
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
26620
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
USN-489-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
kernel-pppoe-dos(34150)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
MDKSA-2007:196
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
25163
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
DSA-1503
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
29058
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2007:0376
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
USN-486-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
26450
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
25700
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
26139
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
RHSA-2007:0488
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
26133
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA

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