CVE-2007-2525 (GCVE-0-2007-2525)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-05-08 23:00
Modified
2024-08-07 13:42
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.org http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.21-git8.log Patch
cve@mitre.org http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/25163 Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/25700 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/25838 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26133 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26139 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26289 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26450 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/26664 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
cve@mitre.org http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
cve@mitre.org http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171
cve@mitre.org http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196
cve@mitre.org http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:216
cve@mitre.org http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
cve@mitre.org http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23870
cve@mitre.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1
cve@mitre.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1
cve@mitre.org http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
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