gsd-2007-2525
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:21
Details
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.
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Aliases
CVE-2007-2525


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      "lastModifiedDate": "2017-10-11T01:32Z",
      "publishedDate": "2007-05-08T23:19Z"
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  }
}


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