Sun Solaris 10.0 Subsystem race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun Solaris 10.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Subsystem. The manipulation leads to race condition. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-0933. There is no exploit available. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sun Solaris 10.0 (Operating System). This affects an unknown part of the component Subsystem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Multiple race conditions in the CPU Performance Counters (cpc) subsystem in the kernel in Sun Solaris 10 allow local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors related to kcpc_unbind and kcpc_restore.

The bug was discovered 02/14/2008. The weakness was published 02/25/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-0933 since 02/25/2008. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1120 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115723 (cpc(3CPC) Sub-System of the Solaris Kernel May Lead to a Denial of Service (1018980.1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40769), SecurityFocus (BID 27941†), OSVDB (42016†), Secunia (SA29052†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1019490†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0933 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0933
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41205

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X-Force: 40769
SecurityFocus: 27941 - Sun Solaris cpc(3CPC) Sub-System Local Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 29052
OSVDB: 42016 - Sun Solaris CPU Performance Counters denial of service
SecurityTracker: 1019490
Vulnerability Center: 17697 - Sun Solaris Kernel CPU Performance Counters Vulnerability Allows Local Users to Cause DoS, Low
Vupen: ADV-2008-0642

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 01:43 PM
Updated: 06/01/2025 08:09 AM
Changes: 03/16/2015 01:43 PM (61), 08/05/2019 06:48 PM (10), 06/01/2025 08:09 AM (18)
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