Sun Solaris 10.0 NFS Server denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Sun Solaris 10.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component NFS Server. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-3223. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Sun Solaris 10.0 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component NFS Server. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the NFS server in Sun Solaris 10 before 20070613 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via certain XDR data in NFS requests, probably related to processing of data by the xdr_bool and xdrmblk_getint32 functions.

The bug was discovered 06/13/2007. The weakness was disclosed 06/13/2007 by Andrzej Dereszowski (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-3223 since 06/14/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 864 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 115577 (Sun Solaris NFS Server XDR Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability (1000950.1)).

Upgrading to version 10.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34857), SecurityFocus (BID 24466†), OSVDB (36592†), Secunia (SA25668†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018253†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Solaris 10.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Researcher: Andrzej Dereszowski
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3223 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3223
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37297

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X-Force: 34857
SecurityFocus: 24466 - Sun Solaris NFS Server XDR Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 25668
OSVDB: 36592 - Solaris NFS Server XDR Handling Unspecified Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1018253
Vulnerability Center: 15480 - Sun Solaris NFS Server Vulnerability Allows Remote Attacker to Cause DoS, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-2190

Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 06/08/2025 05:39
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (75), 07/21/2019 09:14 (1), 06/08/2025 05:39 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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