Sun Solaris 10.0 Event Port API denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Sun Solaris 10.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Event Port API. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-3781. No exploit is available. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 10.0 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Event Port API. 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 Sun Solaris 10 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors involving the event port API.

The bug was discovered 07/19/2006. The weakness was published 07/20/2006 with Sun Microsystems Inc. (Website). The advisory is available at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-3781 since 07/21/2006. The attack needs to be done within the local network. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 535 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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 (27843), SecurityFocus (BID 19081†), OSVDB (27402†), Secunia (SA21132†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016542†). Similar entry is available at VDB-2388. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

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-2006-3781 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-3781
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2390

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X-Force: 27843 - Sun Solaris event port API denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 19081 - Sun Solaris Event Port API Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 21132 - Sun Solaris Event Port API Denial of Service Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 27402 - Solaris Event Port API Multiple Unspecified Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1016542
Vulnerability Center: 12316 - Sun Solaris Denial of Service via Event Port API, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2885

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/24/2006 11:08
Updated: 06/22/2019 16:40
Changes: 07/24/2006 11:08 (89), 06/22/2019 16:40 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:AF6:103

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