Oracle Solaris 11 Kernel Cryptography denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Oracle Solaris 11 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Kernel Cryptography. 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 integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The weakness was presented 01/20/2016 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-0493 since 12/09/2015. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 88002 (Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jan2016_SRU11_3_3_6_0), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 124420 (Solaris 11.3 Support Repository Update (SRU) 3.6.0 Missing).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (88002), SecurityFocus (BID 80692†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56071†). See VDB-66118, VDB-79828, VDB-80389 and VDB-80556 for similar entries.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 88002
Nessus Name: Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jan2016_SRU11_3_3_6_0
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-0493 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 80692 - Oracle January 2016 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034735
Vulnerability Center: 56071 - [cpujan2016-2367955-Sun-Systems-Products-Suite] Oracle Solaris 11 Local Unspecified Vulnerability in Kernel Cryptography, Low

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Created: 01/21/2016 04:56 PM
Updated: 07/05/2022 02:10 PM
Changes: 01/21/2016 04:56 PM (72), 07/03/2018 10:36 AM (3), 07/05/2022 02:10 PM (3)
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