Sun Solaris up to 9 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun Solaris up to 9 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2009-2486. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sun Solaris up to 9 (Operating System). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the SCTP implementation in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris before snv_120, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unspecified packets.

The weakness was shared 07/15/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-2486 since 07/16/2009. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116516 (Sun Solaris SCTP Packet Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability (1020175.1)).

Upgrading to version 10 eliminates this vulnerability. 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 X-Force (51740), SecurityFocus (BID 35712†), OSVDB (55875†), Secunia (SA35873†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022574†). The entries VDB-48685 and VDB-48684 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Solaris 10

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-2486 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2486
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49059

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X-Force: 51740
SecurityFocus: 35712 - Sun Solaris SCTP Packet Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 35873 - Sun Solaris SCTP Packet Denial of Service, Less Critical
OSVDB: 55875 - Solaris SCTP Packet Handling System Panic Remote DoS
SecurityTracker: 1022574 - Solaris SCTP Packet Processing Bug Lets Remote Authenticated Users Deny Service
Vulnerability Center: 22902 - Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris Prior to snv_120 Remote DoS Vulnerability via SCTP Packet, High
Vupen: ADV-2009-1914

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 03/31/2025 05:42
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (60), 02/11/2017 16:45 (17), 03/31/2025 05:42 (18)
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