Oracle Solaris 11 Kernel/GLD information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Solaris 11. This affects an unknown function of the component Kernel/GLD. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2012-1698. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Oracle Solaris 11 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Kernel/GLD. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, related to Kernel/GLD.

The weakness was disclosed 04/17/2012 by Roberto Suggi Liverani (rgod) with Oracle (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-1698 since 03/16/2012. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 58798 (Oracle Database Multiple Vulnerabilities (April 2012 CPU)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Databases. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120898 (Solaris 11 Support Repository Update (SRU) 4 Missing).

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 Tenable (58798), SecurityFocus (BID 53128†), OSVDB (81405†), Secunia (SA48809†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026940†). The entries VDB-5110, VDB-5087, VDB-5112 and VDB-5111 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 58798
Nessus Name: Oracle Database Multiple Vulnerabilities (April 2012 CPU)
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Patch: oracle.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Researcher: Roberto Suggi Liverani (rgod)
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-1698 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1698
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5167
SecurityFocus: 53128 - Oracle Solaris CVE-2012-1698 Remote Vulnerability
Secunia: 48809 - Oracle Solaris Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 81405
SecurityTracker: 1026940 - Solaris Lets Local Users Gain Root Privileges and Remote Users Partially Access or Modify Data
Vulnerability Center: 35157 - [cpuapr2012-366314] Oracle Sun Solaris 11 Unspecified Remote Authenticated Vulnerability Related to Kernel/GLD, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/18/2012 22:00
Updated: 01/05/2025 14:05
Changes: 04/18/2012 22:00 (68), 04/12/2017 16:19 (12), 01/05/2025 14:05 (18)
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