Oracle Solaris 11 Gnome Display Manager denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Oracle Solaris 11. This affects an unknown part of the component Gnome Display Manager. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-3203. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Oracle Solaris 11 (Operating System). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Gnome Display Manager. 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11 allows local users to affect availability, related to Gnome Display Manager GDM.

The weakness was presented 10/16/2012 with Oracle as cpuoct2012-1515893 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-3203 since 06/06/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 76832 (Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : oct2012_SRU8_5), 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 120904 (Solaris 11 Support Repository Update (SRU) 8.5 Missing).

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 X-Force (79374), Tenable (76832), SecurityFocus (BID 56053†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36788†). Additional details are provided at darkreading.com. See VDB-6718, VDB-6719, VDB-6788 and VDB-6696 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 76832
Nessus Name: Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : oct2012_SRU8_5
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: cpuoct2012-1515893
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3203 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3203
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6778
X-Force: 79374
SecurityFocus: 56053 - Oracle Solaris CVE-2012-3203 Local Security Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 36788 - [cpuoct2012-1515893] Oracle Sun Solaris 11 Local Unspecified Vulnerability Affects Availability - CVE-2012-3203, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/18/2012 10:00 AM
Updated: 01/02/2025 11:32 AM
Changes: 10/18/2012 10:00 AM (74), 04/19/2017 10:21 PM (3), 04/18/2021 01:49 PM (3), 01/02/2025 11:32 AM (18)
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