Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0 Thread Context Hander race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0. It has been classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Thread Context Hander. This manipulation causes race condition. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-5132. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 8.0/9.0/10.0 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Thread Context Hander. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Race condition in the kernel in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors related to "the handling of thread contexts."

The bug was discovered 09/26/2007. The weakness was disclosed 09/27/2007 with Sun (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-5132 since 09/27/2007. Access to the local network is required for this attack. 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 24858 (Solaris 9 (sparc) : 122300-61), 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 115638 (Sun Solaris Thread Handling Local Denial of Service Vulnerability (1000063.1)).

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 5 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36793), Tenable (24858), SecurityFocus (BID 25821†), OSVDB (37712†) and Secunia (SA27059†). The entries VDB-3290, VDB-4565, VDB-5246 and VDB-36575 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Nessus ID: 24858
Nessus Name: Solaris 9 (sparc) : 122300-61
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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
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CVE: CVE-2007-5132 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5132
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3337

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X-Force: 36793 - Sun Solaris thread contexts denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 25821 - Sun Solaris Thread Handling Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 27059
OSVDB: 37712 - Solaris Kernel Thread Context Handling Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1018744
Vulnerability Center: 16497 - Sun Solaris 8-10 Kernel Race Condition May Allow Local Denial of Service, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-3274

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Created: 10/01/2007 15:25
Updated: 06/04/2025 15:32
Changes: 10/01/2007 15:25 (94), 07/27/2019 12:29 (2), 06/04/2025 15:32 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:9BE:103

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