CVE-2007-2525

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
Link Resource
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.21-git8.log Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/25163 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23870
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:216
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0376.html Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/25700 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25838 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26133 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26139 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26289 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26450 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26664 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1703 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34150
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10594
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:git7:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2007-05-08 11:19

Updated : 2017-10-11 01:32


NVD link : CVE-2007-2525

Mitre link : CVE-2007-2525

Products Affected
No products.