CVE-2008-2750
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 3.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 3.8% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2743)
- Published
- June 18, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2743 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
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References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6b6707a50c7598a83820077393f8823ab791abf8
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.26-rc6
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-07/msg00009.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30719(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30901
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30920
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31107
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31202
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020297
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0207
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:167
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/06/19/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29747(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-625-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1854
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43111
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2629
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00082.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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