Sun Solaris up to 10.0 NIS Server denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Sun Solaris up to 10.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component NIS Server. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2006-3664. No exploit exists. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Sun Solaris up to 10.0 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component NIS Server. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in NIS server on Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local and remote attackers to cause a denial of service (ypserv hang) via unknown vectors.

The bug was discovered 07/13/2006. The weakness was disclosed 07/14/2006 with Sun Microsystems Inc. (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-3664 since 07/17/2006. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22062 (Solaris 10 (x86) : 122078-04), 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 38552 (Sun Solaris NIS Server YPServ Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at sunsolve.sun.com. A possible mitigation has been published 8 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27722), Tenable (22062), SecurityFocus (BID 18972†), OSVDB (27320†) and Secunia (SA21047†). The entry VDB-2376 is pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Local: No
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 22062
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (x86) : 122078-04
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Patch: sunsolve.sun.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Researcher: http://www.sun.com
Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc.
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-3664 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3664
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2377

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X-Force: 27722 - Sun Solaris ypserv(1M) denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 18972 - Sun Solaris NIS Server YPServ Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 21047 - Sun Solaris ypserv Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 27320 - Solaris ypserv Unspecified Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1016494
Vulnerability Center: 12324 - Sun Solaris NIS Server ypserv Denial of Service, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-2799

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/17/2006 15:37
Updated: 06/19/2025 23:00
Changes: 07/17/2006 15:37 (97), 06/22/2019 16:56 (1), 06/19/2025 23:00 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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