Sun N1 Grid Engine 6.1 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun N1 Grid Engine 6.1. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes denial of service. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-1756. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun N1 Grid Engine 6.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. 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 Qmaster daemon in Sun N1 Grid Engine 6.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was shared 04/09/2008 with Sun Microsystems (Website). The advisory is shared at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-1756 since 04/11/2008. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. 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 scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31764 (Solaris 9 (x86) : 127430-07), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41763), Tenable (31764), SecurityFocus (BID 28731†), OSVDB (44363†) and Secunia (SA29753†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31764
Nessus Name: Solaris 9 (x86) : 127430-07
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Organization: Sun Microsystems
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1756 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1756
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-41929
X-Force: 41763
SecurityFocus: 28731 - Sun N1 Grid Engine 'Qmaster' Daemon Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 29753 - Sun Grid Engine Qmaster Daemon Denial of Service, Not Critical
OSVDB: 44363 - Sun Grid Engine Qmaster Daemon Crash Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1019830
Vupen: ADV-2008-1196

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 04/21/2019 18:28
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (72), 04/21/2019 18:28 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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