Sun Solaris 10.0 TCP Fusion denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sun Solaris 10.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component TCP Fusion. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4303. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 10.0 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component TCP Fusion. 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:

Race condition in (1) libnsl and (2) TLI/XTI API routines in Sun Solaris 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service ("tight loop" and CPU consumption for listener applications) via unknown vectors related to TCP fusion (do_tcp_fusion).

The issue has been introduced in 01/31/2005. The weakness was disclosed 08/22/2006 (Website). The advisory is available at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4303 since 08/22/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 568 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21792 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 118833-36), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28420), Tenable (21792), SecurityTracker (ID 1016706†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24313†). The entries VDB-2617 and VDB-32667 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 21792
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 118833-36
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01/31/2005 🔍
08/16/2006 +562 days 🔍
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08/22/2006 +5 days 🔍
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03/12/2015 +1919 days 🔍
07/13/2021 +2315 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-4303 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4303
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31922
X-Force: 28420
SecurityTracker: 1016706 - Solaris libnsl or TLI/XTI API Race Condition Lets Local Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 24313 - Sun Solaris 10 libnsl(3LIB) or TLI/XTI API Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Cause DoS, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 07/13/2021 09:22
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (55), 02/18/2017 09:21 (12), 07/13/2021 09:22 (3)
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