Oracle Solaris up to 11 Kernel denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Solaris up to 11. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Kernel. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2012-0098. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Solaris up to 11 (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 8, 9, 10, and 11 Express allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Kernel.

The weakness was published 01/17/2012 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-0098 since 12/12/2011. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24858 (Solaris 9 (sparc) : 122300-61), 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 119846 (Solaris Kernel Local Access Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at oracle.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72510), Tenable (24858), SecurityFocus (BID 51499†), OSVDB (78427†) and Secunia (SA47611†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3290, VDB-3337, VDB-4564 and VDB-4560. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 24858
Nessus Name: Solaris 9 (sparc) : 122300-61
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0098 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0098
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4565

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X-Force: 72510 - Oracle Sun Solaris denial of service, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 51499 - Oracle Solaris CVE-2012-0098 Local Solaris Vulnerability
Secunia: 47611 - Oracle Solaris Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 78427
SecurityTracker: 1026538

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2012 01:00
Updated: 01/05/2025 13:41
Changes: 01/21/2012 01:00 (49), 04/01/2019 17:09 (31), 01/05/2025 13:41 (18)
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