Sun Solaris 9.0 in.named denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Sun Solaris 9.0 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component in.named. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in in.named in Solaris 9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via unknown manipulations that cause in.named to "make unnecessary queries."

The bug was discovered 11/08/2005. The weakness was released 11/08/2005 with Sun Microsystems Inc. (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2005-3781 since 11/23/2005. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13528 , 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 (23062) and Tenable (13528).

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 13528
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Patch: sunsolve.sun.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

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

CVE: CVE-2005-3781 (🔍)
X-Force: 23062 - Sun Solaris in.named DNS denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityTracker: 1015191
Vulnerability Center: 11045 - Sun Solaris Version 9 DoS via Multiple DNS Requests, High
SecurityFocus: 15384 - Sun Solaris In.Named Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 17460 - Sun Solaris in.named Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 20752 - Solaris in.named Forced Query Remote DoS
Vupen: ADV-2005-2388

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Created: 11/16/2005 10:28
Updated: 03/12/2021 09:00
Changes: 11/16/2005 10:28 (87), 07/05/2019 11:47 (1), 03/12/2021 09:00 (3)
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