Sun Solaris 10.0 Kernel Patch denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 10.0 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Kernel Patch. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-3728. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 10.0 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Kernel Patch. 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 the kernel in Solaris 10 with patch 118822-29 (118844-29 on x86) and without patch 118833-11 (118855-08) allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via unspecified vectors that lead to "kernel data structure corruption" that can trigger a system panic, application failure, or "data corruption."

The issue has been introduced in 01/31/2005. The weakness was shared 07/19/2006 with Sun Microsystems Inc. (Website). The advisory is shared for download at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-3728 since 07/19/2006. The attack needs to be approached locally. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 534 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115377 (Sun Solaris 10 Kernel Patches Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at sunsolve.sun.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (27801), SecurityFocus (BID 19064†), OSVDB (27377†), Secunia (SA21109†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016535†). The entry VDB-2388 is related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Patch
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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-2006-3728 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3728
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2384
X-Force: 27801 - Sun Solaris kernel patch denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 19064 - Sun Solaris 10 Kernel Patches Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 21109 - Sun Solaris Kernel Patches Denial of Service Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 27377 - Solaris Kernel Patches Unprivileged DoS
SecurityTracker: 1016535 - Solaris Kernel Patches May Let Local Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 12479 - Solaris 10 Kernel Unspecified Denial of Service, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2872

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/20/2006 17:45
Updated: 06/19/2025 23:00
Changes: 07/20/2006 17:45 (78), 06/07/2017 14:55 (10), 06/19/2025 23:00 (18)
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