Oracle Solaris 10/11.1 Kernel denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Oracle Solaris 10/11.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Kernel. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-0447. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Solaris 10/11.1 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 10 and 11.1 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Kernel, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-5876.

The weakness was disclosed 04/15/2014 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2014 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-0447 since 12/12/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69904 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 150400-50), 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 122002 (Oracle Solaris 10 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUAPR2014)).

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 (92494), Tenable (69904), SecurityFocus (BID 66826†), SecurityTracker (ID 1030100†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-44135†). The entries VDB-10804, VDB-12983, VDB-12982 and VDB-12981 are pretty similar. 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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Nessus ID: 69904
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 150400-50
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2014
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0447 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0447
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-12962

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X-Force: 92494
SecurityFocus: 66826 - Oracle Solaris CVE-2014-0447 Local Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1030100 - Oracle Solaris Bugs Let Local Users Deny Service, Partially Access Data, and Partially Modify Data on the Target System
Vulnerability Center: 44135 - [cpuapr2014-1972952] Oracle Solaris 10, 11.1 Local DoS Vulnerability via Vectors Related to Kernel - CVE-2014-0447, Medium

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Created: 04/16/2014 10:33
Updated: 05/10/2026 23:58
Changes: 04/16/2014 10:33 (78), 05/25/2017 10:51 (3), 06/17/2021 09:24 (3), 05/10/2026 23:58 (16)
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