Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0 ATA Disk Driver denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component ATA Disk Driver. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-4492. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component ATA Disk Driver. 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. CVE summarizes:

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the ata disk driver in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 on the x86 platform before 20070821 allow local users to cause a denial of service (system panic) via unspecified ioctl functions, aka Bug 6433123.

The bug was discovered 08/21/2007. The weakness was shared 08/22/2007 with Sun (Website). The advisory is available at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-4492 since 08/22/2007. Access to the local network is required for this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27029 (Solaris 9 (x86) : 117122-03), 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 115618 (Sun Solaris x86 ATA(7D) Disk Driver Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (1000468.1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at sunsolve.sun.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. 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 (36171), Tenable (27029), SecurityFocus (BID 25389†), OSVDB (36615†) and Secunia (SA26558†). The entry VDB-38478 is related to this item. 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 27029
Nessus Name: Solaris 9 (x86) : 117122-03
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OpenVAS ID: 855237
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for kpasswd, libgss.so.1 and libkadm5clnt.so.1 109224-11
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: sunsolve.sun.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Organization: Sun
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-4492 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4492
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3274
X-Force: 36171 - Sun Solaris ata(7D) driver denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 25389 - Sun Solaris x86 ATA(7D) Disk Driver Multiple Local Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 26558
OSVDB: 36615 - Solaris ata(7D) Disk Driver IOCTLs Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1018597
Vulnerability Center: 15960 - Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10 on x86 Platform ata Disk Driver Vulnerabilities Allow Local Denial of Service, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2933

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/03/2007 18:13
Updated: 03/15/2021 17:14
Changes: 09/03/2007 18:13 (95), 07/25/2019 09:56 (2), 03/15/2021 17:14 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:BAE:103

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