Sun Solaris 5.11 sockfs denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Sun Solaris 5.11. Affected is an unknown function of the component sockfs. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-4459. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 5.11 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code of the component sockfs. 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 11 Express allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to SCTP and Kernel/sockfs.

The weakness was published 01/18/2011 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-4459. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (64808), SecurityFocus (BID 45878†), OSVDB (70589†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-29264†). Similar entries are available at VDB-56166, VDB-56164 and VDB-56163. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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

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12/06/2010 🔍
01/18/2011 +43 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Organization: Oracle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-4459 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-4459
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-56165
X-Force: 64808
SecurityFocus: 45878 - Oracle Solaris CVE-2010-4459 Local Vulnerability
OSVDB: 70589 - Solaris SCTP / Kernel / sockfs Unspecified Local DoS
Vulnerability Center: 29264 - [cpujan2011-194091] Oracle Sun Solaris 11 Express Kernel/sockfs Unspecified Local DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 10/13/2021 00:35
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (52), 03/13/2017 12:33 (10), 10/13/2021 00:35 (4)
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