Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0 dtsession memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component dtsession. The manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2007-3471. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing of the component dtsession. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in the dtsession Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Session Manager in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

The bug was discovered 06/27/2007. The weakness was released 06/28/2007 with Sun (Website). The advisory is shared for download at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-3471 since 06/28/2007. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. 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 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25647 (Solaris 10 (x86) : 125280-05 (deprecated)), 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 115584 (Sun Solaris Dtsession Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (1001151.1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35127), Tenable (25647), SecurityFocus (BID 24687†), OSVDB (36608†) and Secunia (SA26136†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-3155. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 25647
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (x86) : 125280-05 (deprecated)
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OpenVAS ID: 855012
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for linker 112963-33
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Organization: Sun
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-3471 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3471
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3156

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X-Force: 35127 - Sun Solaris dtsession(1X) CDE Session Manager buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 24687 - Sun Solaris Dtsession Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 26136
OSVDB: 36608 - Solaris Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Session Manager dtsession Local Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 15551 - Sun Solaris Local Buffer Overflow in Common Desktop Environment (CDE) Session Manager, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-2369

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2007 18:23
Updated: 06/07/2025 22:19
Changes: 07/02/2007 18:23 (96), 07/21/2019 14:23 (1), 06/07/2025 22:19 (18)
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