CVE-2007-3513
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2007-07-03 10:00
Modified
2024-08-07 14:21
Severity ?
Summary
The lcd_write function in drivers/usb/misc/usblcd.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22-rc7 does not limit the amount of memory used by a caller, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/37116
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/25895
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26139
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26450
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26643
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/26664
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27212
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27227
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27322
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.22-rc7
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:195
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0940.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24734
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-509-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2403
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35302
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9883
Impacted products
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