CVE - CVE-2007-5093

CVE-ID
CVE-2007-5093	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The disconnect method in the Philips USB Webcam (pwc) driver in Linux kernel 2.6.x before 2.6.22.6 "relies on user space to close the device," which allows user-assisted local attackers to cause a denial of service (USB subsystem hang and CPU consumption in khubd) by not closing the device after the disconnect is invoked. NOTE: this rarely crosses privilege boundaries, unless the attacker can convince the victim to unplug the affected device.
References
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
MISC:20070902 Oops in pwc v4l driver URL:http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118873457814808&w=2 MISC:20070903 Re: Oops in pwc v4l driver URL:http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118880154122548&w=2 MISC:25504 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25504 MISC:26994 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/26994 MISC:28170 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28170 MISC:28706 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28706 MISC:28971 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/28971 MISC:29058 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 MISC:30294 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/30294 MISC:32799 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/32799 MISC:DSA-1381 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381 MISC:DSA-1503 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503 MISC:DSA-1504 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 MISC:MDVSA-2008:008 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:MDVSA-2008:105 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:RHSA-2008:0275 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html MISC:RHSA-2008:0972 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html MISC:USN-558-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1 MISC:USN-574-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1 MISC:USN-578-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1 MISC:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.6 URL:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.6 MISC:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10494 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10494
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20070926	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070926)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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