Sun Solaris 8.0 lofiadm memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Sun Solaris 8.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component lofiadm. The manipulation results in memory leak. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2003-1072. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun Solaris 8.0 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown part of the component lofiadm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Memory leak in lofiadm in Solaris 8 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption).

The bug was discovered 04/27/2003. The weakness was shared 04/28/2003 (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2003-1072 since 02/08/2005. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (11895), SecurityFocus (BID 7454†), OSVDB (15135†), Secunia (SA8686†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20858†). The entry VDB-20393 is related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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OpenVAS ID: 855349
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for tomcat security 114017-05
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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04/27/2003 🔍
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04/28/2003 +1 days 🔍
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02/08/2005 +652 days 🔍
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08/11/2014 +2002 days 🔍
08/27/2019 +1842 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-1072 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-1072
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20394
X-Force: 11895
SecurityFocus: 7454 - Sun Solaris Lofiadm Kernel Memory Leak Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 8686
OSVDB: 15135 - Sun - Solaris - Lofiadm - Kernel Memory Leak - Denial Of Service Issue
Vulnerability Center: 20858 - Sun Solaris 8 Memory Leak Local in Lofiadm DoS Vulnerability, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/11/2014 22:51
Updated: 08/27/2019 09:32
Changes: 08/11/2014 22:51 (64), 08/27/2019 09:32 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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