CVE-2007-5118 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 4.7 Published 27 Sep 2007 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can cause a system panic in Sun Solaris via the HID class driver, requiring a vendor patch.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2007-5118?

CVE-2007-5118 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 27 Sep 2007. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the HID (Human Interface Device) class driver in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 before 20070925 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5118?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5118?

No fix has been published for CVE-2007-5118 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2007-5118 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5118 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-6w9j-rffp-r8p4.