Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0 Filesystem memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Filesystem. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-0901. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Filesystem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the hsfs filesystem in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows unspecified attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) or execute arbitrary code.

The bug was discovered 02/24/2006. The weakness was shared 02/27/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-0901 since 02/27/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. 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 scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21011 (Solaris 9 (sparc) : 116047-03), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115333 (Sun Solaris HSFS Filesystem Local Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24911), Tenable (21011), SecurityFocus (BID 16826†), OSVDB (23507†) and Secunia (SA19042†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21011
Nessus Name: Solaris 9 (sparc) : 116047-03
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OpenVAS ID: 855390
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for kpasswd, libgss.so.1 and libkadm5clnt.so.1 109224-11
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-0901 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0901
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28909

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X-Force: 24911
SecurityFocus: 16826 - Sun Solaris HSFS Filesystem Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 19042
OSVDB: 23507 - CVE-2006-0901 - Sun - Solaris - Unspecified Issue
SecurityTracker: 1015680
Vulnerability Center: 10607 - Sun Solaris hsfs File Systems Local DoS and Privilege Escalation, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-0756

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/22/2025 22:23
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (71), 06/15/2019 10:17 (12), 06/22/2025 22:23 (18)
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