Vulnerability in Linux Kernel
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (32.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 32.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.21-git8.log (Patch)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1703 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/27227 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26664 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/26289 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23870 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10594 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/25838 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)