CVE-2007-2525 describes a memory leak vulnerability in the PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) socket implementation within the Linux kernel, affecting versions prior to 2.6.21-git8. A local attacker can exploit this by creating and then prematurely releasing a PPPoE socket, leading to memory consumption and a denial of service. With a CVSS score of 4.9 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C), this vulnerability requires local access and low attack complexity to achieve a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.6.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:git7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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