Sun Solaris 9.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Sun Solaris 9.0. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-2989. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sun Solaris 9.0 (Operating System). Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

The libike library in Sun Solaris 9 before 20070529 contains a logic error related to a certain pointer, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (in.iked daemon crash) by sending certain UDP packets with a source port different from 500. NOTE: this issue might overlap CVE-2006-2298.

The bug was discovered 05/29/2007. The weakness was published 05/29/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-2989 since 05/31/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13538 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115569 (Sun Solaris in.iked(1M) Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 500 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34576), Tenable (13538), SecurityFocus (BID 24209†), OSVDB (36584†) and Secunia (SA25465†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
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Exploitinginfo

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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Nessus ID: 13538
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Solaris 500

Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-2989 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2989
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37080

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X-Force: 34576
SecurityFocus: 24209 - Sun Solaris IKED(1M) Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 25465
OSVDB: 36584 - Solaris libike Library in.iked Unspecified Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1018134
Vulnerability Center: 15370 - Sun Solaris 9 libike Library Remote Denial of Service, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-1982

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 06/08/2025 06:22
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (64), 07/20/2019 16:35 (10), 07/20/2021 08:53 (3), 06/08/2025 06:22 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:20D:103

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