Oracle Solaris 11.4 Open Fabrics Tools access control

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris 11.4. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Open Fabrics Tools. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2019-2788. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Solaris 11.4 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Open Fabrics Tools. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: Open Fabrics Tools). The supported version that is affected is 11.4. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with logon to the infrastructure where Solaris executes to compromise Solaris. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Solaris accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Solaris. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.3 (Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H).

The weakness was published 07/16/2019 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - Juli 2019 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-2788 since 12/14/2018. The exploitation appears to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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

Similar entries are available at VDB-137972, VDB-137963, VDB-137964 and VDB-137965. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Operating System

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• Oracle

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• Solaris

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• 11.4

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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