Oracle Solaris up to 11 Express Network denial of service

CVSS Meta Temp Score
CVSS is a standardized scoring system to determine possibilities of attacks. The Temp Score considers temporal factors like disclosure, exploit and countermeasures. The unique Meta Score calculates the average score of different sources to provide a normalized scoring system.
Current Exploit Price (≈)
Our analysts are monitoring exploit markets and are in contact with vulnerability brokers. The range indicates the observed or calculated exploit price to be seen on exploit markets. A good indicator to understand the monetary effort required for and the popularity of an attack.
CTI Interest Score
Our Cyber Threat Intelligence team is monitoring different web sites, mailing lists, exploit markets and social media networks. The CTI Interest Score identifies the interest of attackers and the security community for this specific vulnerability in real-time. A high score indicates an elevated risk to be targeted for this vulnerability.
4.6$0-$5k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Oracle Solaris up to 11 Express. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Network. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-0096. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Oracle Solaris up to 11 Express (Operating System). This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Network. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Solaris 8, 9, 10, and 11 Express allows remote attackers to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Network.

The weakness was presented 01/17/2012 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-0096 since 12/12/2011. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119843 (Solaris RPC Denial of Service 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 (72498), SecurityFocus (BID 51490†), OSVDB (78422†), Secunia (SA48308†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34259†). See VDB-4564, VDB-4560, VDB-4566 and VDB-4559 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Productinfo

Type

Vendor

Name

Version

License

Website

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AVACAuCIA
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
💳💳💳💳💳💳
VectorComplexityAuthenticationConfidentialityIntegrityAvailability
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
UnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
VulDB Temp Score: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-DayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock
TodayUnlockUnlockUnlockUnlock

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

Reaction Time: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔍
Exposure Time: 🔍

Patch: oracle.com

Timelineinfo

12/12/2011 🔍
01/17/2012 +36 days 🔍
01/17/2012 +0 days 🔍
01/17/2012 +0 days 🔍
01/17/2012 +0 days 🔍
01/18/2012 +0 days 🔍
01/18/2012 +0 days 🔍
04/19/2012 +92 days 🔍
03/20/2025 +4718 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2012-0096 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0096
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5248

OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 72498 - Oracle Sun Solaris denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 51490 - Oracle Solaris CVE-2012-0096 Remote Vulnerability
Secunia: 48308
OSVDB: 78422
Vulnerability Center: 34259 - [cpujan2012-366304] Oracle Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10 and 11 Express Unspecified Remote DoS Vulnerability Related to RPC, Medium

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 04/19/2012 21:00
Updated: 03/20/2025 17:08
Changes: 04/19/2012 21:00 (64), 04/19/2017 10:29 (7), 01/05/2025 13:41 (17), 03/20/2025 17:08 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Discussion

No comments yet. Languages: en.

Please log in to comment.

◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸

Are you interested in using VulDB?

Download the whitepaper to learn more about our service!