CVE-2007-2525
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.9 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-2518)
- Published
- May 8, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2518 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.21-git8.log(Patch)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0488.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25163(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25700(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25838(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26133(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26139(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26289(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26450(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26620(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26664(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27227(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29058(Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-287.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:196
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:216
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_51_kernel.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23870
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-486-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-510-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1703(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34150
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10594
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0376.html(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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