Sun Solaris 9.0 Auditing audit_savepath denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 9.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function audit_savepath of the component Auditing. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2007-2465. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 9.0 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function audit_savepath of the component Auditing. 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 Sun Solaris 9, when Solaris Auditing (BSM) is enabled for file read, write, attribute modify, create, or delete audit classes, allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors, possibly related to the audit_savepath function.

The bug was discovered 05/01/2007. The weakness was published 05/01/2007 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securitytracker.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-2465 since 05/02/2007. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

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 115547 (Sun Solaris 9 Auditing BSM Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. 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 (34003), Tenable (24858), SecurityFocus (BID 23751†), OSVDB (34904†) and Secunia (SA25081†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3290, VDB-3337, VDB-4565 and VDB-5246. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 24858
Nessus Name: Solaris 9 (sparc) : 122300-61
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: securitytracker.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-2465 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2465
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36575

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X-Force: 34003
SecurityFocus: 23751 - Sun Solaris 9 Auditing BSM Unspecified Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 25081
OSVDB: 34904 - Solaris Auditing (BSM) Unspecified Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1017992
Vulnerability Center: 15000 - Sun Solaris 9 with Auditing System (BSM) Enabled Local Denial of Service, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-1611

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 06/08/2025 19:18
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (81), 07/18/2019 16:50 (3), 06/08/2025 19:18 (18)
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