Sun Solaris 8/9/10 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Sun Solaris 8/9/10. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-2946. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 8/9/10 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. 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. CVE summarizes:

The SNMP-DMI mapper subagent daemon (aka snmpXdmid) in Solstice Enterprise Agents in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via malformed packets.

The bug was discovered 03/15/2001. The weakness was disclosed 06/30/2008 by ERNE with X-Force (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-2946 since 06/30/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2658 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33429 (Solaris 9 (x86) : 137403-02), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115845 (Sun Solaris Security Vulnerability in Solaris snmpXdmid (1019267.1)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (33429), SecurityFocus (BID 29965†), OSVDB (46558†), Secunia (SA30863†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1020381†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 33429
Nessus Name: Solaris 9 (x86) : 137403-02
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06/24/2008 +2658 days 🔍
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05/27/2025 +3724 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: ERNE
Organization: X-Force
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-2946 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-2946
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42992

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SecurityFocus: 29965 - Sun Solaris Unspecified 'snmpXdmid(1M)' Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 30863
OSVDB: 46558 - CVE-2008-2946 - Sun - Solaris - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020381
Vulnerability Center: 18689 - Sun Solaris snmpXdmid(1M) Remote DoS via Malformed Packets, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1965

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 05/27/2025 00:03
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (69), 08/12/2019 09:06 (13), 05/27/2025 00:03 (18)
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