Sun Solaris up to Snv 123 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Sun Solaris. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2009-4075. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Sun Solaris (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code. 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 the timeout mechanism in sshd in Sun Solaris 10, and OpenSolaris snv_99 through snv_123, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via unknown vectors that trigger a "dangling sshd authentication thread."

The weakness was published 11/23/2009 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-4075. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42919 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 143140-04), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks.

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (42919), SecurityFocus (BID 37116†), OSVDB (60498†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24177†). 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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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 42919
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 143140-04
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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11/23/2009 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-4075 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-4075
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-50915
X-Force: 54401
SecurityFocus: 37116 - Sun Solaris 'sshd(1M)' Timeout Mechanism Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 60498 - Solaris sshd(1M) Timeout Mechanism Unspecified Remote DoS
Vulnerability Center: 24177 - Sun Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris Prior to snv_124 \x27ssh(1)\x27 connections Remote DoS Vulnerability, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/28/2021 07:33
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (57), 02/17/2017 11:26 (9), 08/28/2021 07:27 (5), 08/28/2021 07:33 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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