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CVE-2008-2750
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…
High7.8EPSS 3.8%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 9.9% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (18)
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29747 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:167 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6b6707a50c7598a83820077393f8823ab791abf8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30901 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.26-rc6 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080619 Re: query on a pppol2tp_recvmsg() fix - security relevant? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 30920 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- linux-kernel-pppol2tprecvmsg-dos(43111) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 31107 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-5893 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1854 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 31202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-625-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 30719 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1020297 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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