Sun Solaris 10.0 Internet Protocol denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun Solaris 10.0 and classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Internet Protocol Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-5716. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 10.0 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Internet Protocol Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Internet Protocol (IP) functionality in Sun Solaris 10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified vectors, probably related to a UDP packet.

The bug was discovered 10/29/2007. The weakness was shared 10/30/2007 with Sun (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sunsolve.sun.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-5716 since 10/30/2007. The attack needs to be done within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1002 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115655 (Sun Solaris Internet Protocol (ip(7P)) Denial of Service Vulnerability (1000642.1)).

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 (38148), SecurityFocus (BID 26248†), OSVDB (40816†), Secunia (SA27395†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018870†). The entry VDB-3418 is related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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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-2007-5716 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-5716
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3419

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X-Force: 38148 - Sun Solaris (ip(7P)) denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 26248 - Sun Solaris 10 Internet Protocol ip(7P) Unspecified Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 27395
OSVDB: 40816 - Solaris Internet Protocol (IP) Unspecified Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1018870
Vulnerability Center: 16745 - Sun Solaris 10 Vulnerability in Internet Protocol Functionality Allows Local Denial of Service, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-3653

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/01/2007 09:21
Updated: 06/02/2025 07:56
Changes: 11/01/2007 09:21 (85), 07/29/2019 17:19 (1), 06/02/2025 07:56 (18)
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