Oracle Solaris up to 11 Express sshd denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Oracle Solaris up to 11 Express. This affects an unknown part of the component sshd. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-0099. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Solaris up to 11 Express (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component sshd. 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 9, 10, and 11 Express allows remote attackers to affect availability via unknown vectors related to sshd.

The weakness was shared 01/17/2012 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-0099 since 12/12/2011. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119845 (Solaris SSH "sshd" 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 (72506), SecurityFocus (BID 51500†), OSVDB (78425†), Secunia (SA48308†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34296†). The entries VDB-4564, VDB-4560, VDB-4566 and VDB-4559 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Patch: oracle.com

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-0099 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0099
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5249

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X-Force: 72506 - Oracle Sun Solaris denial of service, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 51500 - Oracle Sun Solaris CVE-2012-0099 Remote Security Vulnerability
Secunia: 48308 - Xerox FreeFlow Print Server Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 78425
Vulnerability Center: 34296 - [cpujan2012-366304] Oracle Solaris 9, 10 and 11 Express SSH Unspecified Remote DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2012-0099), Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/19/2012 21:00
Updated: 01/05/2025 13:41
Changes: 04/19/2012 21:00 (68), 04/19/2017 10:29 (7), 01/05/2025 13:41 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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