Sun Solaris 10 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun Solaris 10 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-1480. Moreover, an exploit is present. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 10 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part. 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. The summary by CVE is:

rpc.metad in Sun Solaris 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed RPC request.

The bug was discovered 03/14/2008. The weakness was disclosed 03/24/2008 by kingcope (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-1480 since 03/24/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1148 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35416 (Solaris 10 (x86) : 138882-02), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116126 (Sun Solaris rpc.metad Daemon Denial of Service Vulnerability (1019927.1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41224), Exploit-DB (5258), Tenable (35416), SecurityFocus (BID 28261†) and OSVDB (43275†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 35416
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (x86) : 138882-02
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OpenVAS ID: 855223
OpenVAS Name: Solaris Update for Perl 138323-03
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: kingcope
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-1480 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1480
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41667

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X-Force: 41224
SecurityFocus: 28261 - Sun Solaris 'rpc.metad' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 29418 - Sun Solaris "rpc.metad" Denial of Service, Not Critical
OSVDB: 43275 - CVE-2008-1480 - Sun - Solaris - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019652
Vulnerability Center: 17863 - Sun Solaris \x27Rpc.metad\x27 Allows Remote Attackers to Cause Denial of Service, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-0918

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 06/01/2025 02:17
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (87), 08/07/2019 09:08 (5), 10/19/2024 20:40 (17), 06/01/2025 02:17 (2)
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