Oracle Solaris 9/10/11 Kernel denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Oracle Solaris 9/10/11 (Operating System). This affects some unknown functionality of the component Kernel. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 9, 10, and 11 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Kernel.

The weakness was released 10/16/2012 with Oracle as cpuoct2012-1515893 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The public release was coordinated with Oracle. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-3207 since 06/06/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 59443 (Solaris 10 (x86) : 146835-02), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120599 (Solaris Kernel Local Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (59443), SecurityFocus (BID 56062†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36656†). Further details are available at darkreading.com. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-6718, VDB-6719, VDB-6788 and VDB-6696. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 59443
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (x86) : 146835-02
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: cpuoct2012-1515893
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3207 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3207
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6771

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SecurityFocus: 56062 - Oracle Solaris CVE-2012-3207 Local Security Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 36656 - [cpuoct2012-1515893] Oracle Sun Solaris 9, 10, 11 Local Unspecified Vulnerability Affects Availability Related to Kernel, Medium

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Created: 10/18/2012 10:00 AM
Updated: 12/31/2024 02:40 AM
Changes: 10/18/2012 10:00 AM (66), 04/19/2017 10:31 AM (11), 04/18/2021 01:22 PM (2), 12/31/2024 02:40 AM (18)
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