CVE-2008-2750
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 18, 2008
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 18, 2008
Description
The pppol2tp_recvmsg function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c in the Linux kernel 2.6 before 2.6.26-rc6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel heap memory corruption and system crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted PPPOL2TP packet that results in a large value for a certain length variable.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207
- 29747vdb-entry
- MDVSA-2008:167vendor-advisory
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6b6707a50c7598a83820077393f8823ab791abf8
- 30901third-party-advisory
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.26-rc6
- [oss-security] 20080619 Re: query on a pppol2tp_recvmsg() fix - security relevant?mailing-list
- 30920third-party-advisory
- linux-kernel-pppol2tprecvmsg-dos(43111)vdb-entry
- 31107third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2008:037vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-5893vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-1854vdb-entry
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629
- 31202third-party-advisory
- USN-625-1vendor-advisory
- 30719third-party-advisory
- 1020297vdb-entry
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