Sun OpenSolaris up to Snv 87 NFS Server denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Sun OpenSolaris (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code block of the component NFS Server. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the NFS module in the kernel in Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_59 through snv_87, when configured as an NFS server without the nodevices option, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 08/22/2008. The weakness was presented 08/27/2008 with Sun Microsystems (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-3839 since 08/27/2008. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 5 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 34066 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 138070-03), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (44631) and Tenable (34066). See 43817 for similar entry.

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

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Nessus ID: 34066
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 138070-03
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3839 (🔍)
X-Force: 44631
SecurityTracker: 1020751
Vulnerability Center: 19455 - Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_59-snv_87 Vulnerability in NFS Module in Kernel Allows Local DoS, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30810 - Sun Solaris NFS Kernel Module Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 31598
OSVDB: 47765 - Sun - Solaris - NFS Kernel Module Local Denial of Service Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2425

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/16/2019 20:30
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (67), 08/16/2019 20:30 (12)
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