{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2007-5093", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "RHSA-2008:0275", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0275.html" }, { "name": "30294", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/30294" }, { "name": "20070902 Oops in pwc v4l driver", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118873457814808&w=2" }, { "name": "20070903 Re: Oops in pwc v4l driver", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=118880154122548&w=2" }, { "name": "RHSA-2008:0972", "refsource": "REDHAT", "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0972.html" }, { "name": "28706", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28706" }, { "name": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.6", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22.6" }, { "name": "26994", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/26994" }, { "name": "DSA-1504", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504" }, { "name": "MDVSA-2008:008", "refsource": "MANDRIVA", "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008" }, { "name": "oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10494", "refsource": "OVAL", "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10494" }, { "name": "USN-558-1", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-558-1" }, { "name": "DSA-1381", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381" }, { "name": "MDVSA-2008:105", "refsource": "MANDRIVA", "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105" }, { "name": "DSA-1503", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1503" }, { "name": "USN-574-1", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-574-1" }, { "name": "29058", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29058" }, { "name": "28971", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28971" }, { "name": "25504", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25504" }, { "name": "28170", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/28170" }, { "name": "32799", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32799" }, { "name": "USN-578-1", "refsource": "UBUNTU", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-578-1" } ] } }