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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-2750 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.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (06/23/2008)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6b6707a50c7598a83820077393f8823ab791abf8 CVE, MITRE
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.26-rc6 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30719 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/30901 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/30920 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31107 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31202 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020297 CVE, MITRE
http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/19/3 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29747 CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1854 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43111 CVE, MITRE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00082.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-2750
NVD Published Date:
06/18/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE