Sun OpenSolaris up to Snv 28 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Sun OpenSolaris up to Snv 28. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-5689. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun OpenSolaris up to Snv 28 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

tun in IP Tunnel in Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_01 through snv_76 allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted SIOCGTUNPARAM IOCTL request, which triggers a NULL pointer dereference.

The bug was discovered 12/17/2008. The weakness was released 12/19/2008 by Tobias Klein (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sunsolve.sun.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5689 since 12/19/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by peri.carding in ANSI C and been published 3 years after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

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 databases at X-Force (47449), Exploit-DB (15962), SecurityFocus (BID 32904†), OSVDB (0†) and Secunia (SA33160†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-36918, VDB-47197, VDB-51442 and VDB-53784. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality 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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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: peri.carding
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Researcher: Tobias Klein
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-5689 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5689
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45611

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X-Force: 47449
SecurityFocus: 32904 - Sun Solaris IP Tunnel Param Local Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 33160 - Sun Solaris IP Tunnel SIOCGTUNPARAM IOCTL Vulnerability, Less Critical
OSVDB: 0 - CVE-2008-5689 - Sun - Solaris - Denial Of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1021464
Vulnerability Center: 20275 - Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris snv_01 - snv_76 IP Tunnel tun Local Code Execution or DoS, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-3454

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

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 12/25/2025 08:58
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (81), 08/22/2019 12:01 (2), 12/25/2025 08:58 (16)
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