A design error in the IEEE1394 specification allows attackers with physical access to a device to read and write to sensitive memory using a modified FireWire/IEEE 1394 client, thus bypassing intended restrictions that would normally require greater degrees of physical access to exploit. NOTE: this was reported in 2008 to affect Windows Vista, but some Linux-based operating systems have protection mechanisms against this attack.
Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
---|---|---|---|
Firewire_ieee | Ieee | 1394 (including) | 1394 (including) |
Linux | Ubuntu | devel | * |
Linux | Ubuntu | hardy | * |
Linux | Ubuntu | intrepid | * |
Linux | Ubuntu | jaunty | * |
Linux | Ubuntu | karmic | * |
Linux | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
Linux-source-2.6.15 | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
Linux-source-2.6.15 | Ubuntu | upstream | * |