CVE-2008-2750 | BDVDB-2026-31111 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29747
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6b6707a50c7598a83820077393f8823ab791abf8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30901
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.26-rc6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/19/3
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30920
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43111
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00082.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1854
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31202
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.