Sun Solaris 10.0 acl certain denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sun Solaris 10.0. Affected is the function acl. Executing a manipulation of the argument certain can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2007-2529. No exploit is available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Sun Solaris 10.0 (Operating System). This vulnerability affects the function acl. The manipulation of the argument certain 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer signedness error in the acl (facl) system call in Solaris 10 before 20070507 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly gain privileges via a certain argument, related to ACE_SETACL.

The bug was discovered 05/07/2007. The weakness was published 05/07/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at labs.idefense.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-2529 since 05/08/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 826 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 115553 (Sun Solaris acl() Local Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 10.0 eliminates this vulnerability. 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 (34147), SecurityFocus (BID 23863†), OSVDB (34906†), Secunia (SA25162†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018009†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Solaris 10.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: labs.idefense.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-2529 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2529
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36640

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X-Force: 34147
SecurityFocus: 23863 - Sun Solaris ACE_SETACL Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 25162
OSVDB: 34906 - Solaris acl() System Call Local Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1018009
Vulnerability Center: 15066 - Sun Solaris 10 Denial of Service via acl System Call, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-1683

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 06/08/2025 18:42
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (73), 07/18/2019 21:37 (3), 06/08/2025 18:42 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:190:103

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