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Medium
CVE-2007-2525
Memory leak in the PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) socket implementation...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.21-git8.log
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1703
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27227
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26664
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26289
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23870
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10594
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25838
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:216
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26620
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34150
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25163
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0376.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26450
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25700
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26139
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26133
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Vulnerable Versions:
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Timeline
Official Publish:
May 8th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.