CVE-2007-2525

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 08 May 2007, 23:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 13:42

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
20/100
CVSS Score
4.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.11% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

08 May 2007, 23:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 13:42
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.9AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.11%• Percentile: 30%

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 2.6.21

References (30)