--- title: "CVE-2008-2750\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-2750?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2008-2750 Publication date 18 June 2008 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## 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. ### From the Ubuntu Security Team The PPP over L2TP routines in the kernel did not correctly handle certain messages. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted packet that could crash the system or execute arbitrary code. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | linux | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 2.6.24-19.36 | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | linux-source-2.6.15 | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected | | linux-source-2.6.20 | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not in release | | 7.04 feisty | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | | linux-source-2.6.22 | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 7.10 gutsy | Not affected | | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2750) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2750) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-2750) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2750) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-625-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-625-1) + Linux kernel vulnerabilities + 15 July 2008 ### Other references *