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.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.1
No CVSS v3.0
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2008-06-18T19:29:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T09:14:14.728Z
Reserved: 2008-06-18T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2008-2750

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2008-06-18T19:41:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2008-2750
