Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0 Unix File System deadlock

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A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Unix File System. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deadlock vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-833. The product contains multiple threads or executable segments that are waiting for each other to release a necessary lock, resulting in deadlock. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Unix File System (UFS) on Solaris 8 and 9, when logging is enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service ("soft hang") via certain write operations to UFS.

The bug was discovered 09/22/2005. The weakness was published 09/22/2005 with Sun Microsystems Inc. (Website). The advisory is shared for download at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-3071 since 09/27/2005. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18069 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is .

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at sunsolve.sun.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22389) and Tenable (18069).

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Class: Deadlock
CWE: CWE-833 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 18069
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Patch: sunsolve.sun.com

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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Researcher: http://www.sun.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-3071 (🔍)
X-Force: 22389 - Sun Solaris UFS logging enabled denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1014967
Vulnerability Center: 13508 - Sun Solaris 8-9 UFS Local Denial of Service Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 14915 - Sun Solaris UFS Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 16924 - SUN Solaris UFS File System Denial of Service, Less Critical
OSVDB: 19640 - Solaris UFS File System Logging DoS
Vupen: ADV-2005-1821

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Created: 09/26/2005 12:35
Updated: 03/12/2021 06:51
Changes: 09/26/2005 12:35 (83), 07/04/2019 15:19 (5), 03/12/2021 06:51 (3)
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