Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2008-2750
Published: June 18, 2008 / Updated: October 30, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91220
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-2750
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the pppol2tp_recvmsg() function in drivers/net/pppol2tp.c. A remote non-authenticated attacker can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2008-2750
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=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
- 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
- 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