Sun Solaris 10.0 netstat/SNMP/ifconfig denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Sun Solaris 10.0. This affects an unknown function of the component netstat/SNMP/ifconfig. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4139. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun Solaris 10.0 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component netstat/SNMP/ifconfig. 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:

Race condition in Sun Solaris 10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (system panic) via unspecified vectors related to ifconfig and either netstat or SNMP queries.

The bug was discovered 08/11/2006. The weakness was released 08/14/2006 with Sun Microsystems Inc. (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-4139 since 08/14/2006. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. 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 560 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115393 (Sun Solaris Netstat and Ifconfig Local 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 (28373), SecurityFocus (BID 19493†), OSVDB (27942†), Secunia (SA21471†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1016690†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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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-2006-4139 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4139
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2461
X-Force: 28373 - Sun Solaris netstat and ifconfig race condition denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 19493 - Sun Solaris Netstat and Ifconfig Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 21471 - Sun Solaris netstat/SNMP queries and ifconfig Race Condition, Less Critical
OSVDB: 27942 - Solaris ipconfig Race Condition Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1016690
Vulnerability Center: 12598 - Sun Solaris 10 Local Denial of Service due to Race Condition Between Netstat and Ifconfig, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-3274

Entryinfo

Created: 08/18/2006 10:46
Updated: 06/18/2025 17:37
Changes: 08/18/2006 10:46 (87), 06/24/2019 16:48 (1), 06/18/2025 17:37 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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