Sun Solaris 10.0 SCTP INIT denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sun Solaris 10.0. This affects an unknown function of the component SCTP INIT Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2007-5726. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 10.0 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component SCTP INIT Handler. 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) functionality in Sun Solaris 10, when at least one SCTP socket is in the LISTEN state, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors related to "INIT processing."

The bug was discovered 10/26/2007. The weakness was presented 10/29/2007 with Sun (Website). The advisory is available at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-5726 since 10/30/2007. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 981 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 26958 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 127716-01), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115654 (Sun Solaris 10 SCTP INIT Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (1000936.1)).

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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (38126), Tenable (26958), SecurityFocus (BID 26224†), OSVDB (40815†) and Secunia (SA27428†). See VDB-3419 for similar entry. 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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Nessus ID: 26958
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 127716-01
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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-2007-5726 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5726
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3418
X-Force: 38126 - Sun Solaris SCTP INIT denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 26224 - Sun Solaris SCTP Init Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 27428
OSVDB: 40815 - Solaris Stream Control Transmission Protocol (sctp) Unspecified INIT Processing Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1018867
Vulnerability Center: 16746 - Sun Solaris 10 Vulnerability in SCTP Allows Remote Denial of Service, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-3633

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Created: 11/01/2007 09:21
Updated: 06/02/2025 07:56
Changes: 11/01/2007 09:21 (92), 07/29/2019 17:28 (1), 06/02/2025 07:56 (18)
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