VDB-37786 · CVE-2007-3723 · OSVDB 36616

Sun Solaris denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Sun Solaris. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-3723. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun Solaris (Operating System) (version unknown) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function. 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. CVE summarizes:

The process scheduler in the Sun Solaris kernel does not make use of the process statistics kept by the kernel and performs scheduling based upon CPU billing gathered from periodic process sampling ticks, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption), as described in "Secretly Monopolizing the CPU Without Superuser Privileges."

The weakness was released 07/11/2007 (Website). The advisory is available at cs.huji.ac.il. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-3723 since 07/11/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at OSVDB (36616†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-37787, VDB-37785, VDB-37784 and VDB-37783. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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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07/11/2007 🔍
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07/12/2007 +1 days 🔍
08/19/2007 +37 days 🔍
03/15/2015 +2765 days 🔍
10/26/2017 +956 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: cs.huji.ac.il
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-3723 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3723
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-37786
OSVDB: 36616 - Solaris Kernel Process Scheduling Local DoS

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 10/26/2017 09:20
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (49), 10/26/2017 09:20 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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