// For flags

CVE-2007-2525

PPPoE socket PPPIOCGCHAN denial of service

Severity Score

4.9
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

Una pérdida de memoria en la implementación del socket PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) en el kernel de Linux versiones anteriores a 2.6.21-git8, permite a usuarios locales causar una denegación de servicio (consumo de memoria) mediante la creación de un socket usando connect y liberándolo antes de que la ioctl PPPIOCGCHAN sea inicializada

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2007-05-08 CVE Reserved
  • 2007-05-08 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-30 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
References (32)
URL Tag Source
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23870 Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34150 Vdb Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10594 Signature
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.21-git8.log 2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/25163 2017-10-11
URL Date SRC
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html 2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/25700 2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/25838 2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/26133 2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/26139 2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/26289 2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/26450 2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/26620 2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/26664 2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/27227 2017-10-11
http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 2017-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356 2017-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 2017-10-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 2017-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171 2017-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196 2017-10-11
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:216 2017-10-11
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html 2017-10-11
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html 2017-10-11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1 2017-10-11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1 2017-10-11
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1 2017-10-11
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1703 2017-10-11
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0376.html 2017-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-2525 2007-06-25
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=243262 2007-06-25
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Linux
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 Linux Kernel
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 <= 2.6.21
Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " <= 2.6.21"
git7
Affected