Sun Service Tag prior 1.0 Registry resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun Service Tag. This affects an unknown part of the component Registry. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-2552. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Sun Service Tag. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Registry. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Service Tag Registry on Sun Solaris 10, and Sun Service Tag before 1.1.3, allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was released 06/05/2008 with Sun Microsystems (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sunsolve.sun.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-2552 since 06/05/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 32494 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 136839-01), 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 119839 (Solaris Service Tag Registry Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42874), Tenable (32494), SecurityFocus (BID 29561†), Secunia (SA30545†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1020203†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 32494
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 136839-01
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Service Tag 1.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

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

CVE: CVE-2008-2552 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2552
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42671
X-Force: 42874
SecurityFocus: 29561 - Sun Service Tag Registry '/var' Consumption Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 30545 - Sun Service Tag Registry Local Denial of Service Weakness, Not Critical
SecurityTracker: 1020203 - Solaris Tag Service Registry Bug Lets Local Users Fill the '/var' Filesystem
Vulnerability Center: 27940 - Sun Solaris 10, and Sun Service Tag before 1.1.3 Local DoS Vulnerability via Unspecified Vectors, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1748

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 05/27/2025 04:52
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (58), 03/08/2017 21:25 (17), 08/01/2021 08:39 (3), 05/27/2025 04:52 (16)
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