Oracle SPARC Enterprise T / M Series Servers up to 9.0.1.e Sun System Firmware/Hypervisor denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Oracle SPARC Enterprise T and M Series Servers up to 6.7.13/7.4.6.c/8.3.0.b/9.0.0.d/9.0.1.e. This affects an unknown function of the component Sun System Firmware/Hypervisor. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2013-3838. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Oracle SPARC Enterprise T and M Series Servers up to 6.7.13/7.4.6.c/8.3.0.b/9.0.0.d/9.0.1.e. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Sun System Firmware/Hypervisor. 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 SPARC Enterprise T & M Series Servers running Sun System Firmware before 6.7.13 for SPARC T1, 7.4.6.c for SPARC T2, 8.3.0.b for SPARC T3 & T4, 9.0.0.d for SPARC T5 and 9.0.1.e for SPARC M5 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Sun System Firmware/Hypervisor.

The weakness was published 10/15/2013 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2013 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-3838 since 06/03/2013. The exploitation appears to be difficult. 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.

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 X-Force (88018), SecurityFocus (BID 62978†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41980†). Additional details are provided at isc.sans.edu. Similar entries are available at VDB-9253, VDB-10822, VDB-10703 and VDB-10702. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2013
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3838 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-3838
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10810

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X-Force: 88018
SecurityFocus: 62978
Vulnerability Center: 41980 - [cpuoct2013-1899837] Sun Solaris Firmware and Hypervisor for Sun SPARC Local DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3838), Medium

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Created: 10/16/2013 12:07
Updated: 05/13/2017 10:40
Changes: 10/16/2013 12:07 (46), 05/13/2017 10:40 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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