Oracle Solaris 11.3 Kernel information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Oracle Solaris 11.3. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Kernel. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-2577. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Oracle Solaris 11.3 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown code block of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 01/16/2018. The weakness was disclosed 01/18/2018 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2018 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-2577 since 12/15/2017. The exploitability is told to be easy. 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 MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 106126 (Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jan2018_SRU11_3_27_4_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 296019 (Solaris 11.3 Support Repository Update (SRU) 27.4.0 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 (106126) and SecurityFocus (BID 102614†). The entries VDB-68431, VDB-89667, VDB-92931 and VDB-95678 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 106126
Nessus Name: Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jan2018_SRU11_3_27_4_0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2018
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-2577 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-2577
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112152
SecurityFocus: 102614 - Oracle Solaris CVE-2018-2577 Local Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040215

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/18/2018 09:43
Updated: 01/31/2021 23:30
Changes: 01/18/2018 09:43 (83), 12/25/2019 10:02 (4), 01/31/2021 23:30 (3)
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