Oracle Solaris 10 Kernel/KSSL denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Oracle Solaris 10. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Kernel/KSSL. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2012-3124. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris 10 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Kernel/KSSL. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 10 allows remote attackers to affect availability, related to Kernel/KSSL.

The weakness was disclosed 07/17/2012 with Oracle as Patch Day July 2012 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-3124 since 06/06/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120360 (Solaris "Kernel/KSSL" Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (77048), SecurityFocus (BID 54528†), OSVDB (83942†), SecurityTracker (ID 1027274†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35575†). The entries VDB-5783, VDB-5697, VDB-5766 and VDB-5728 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Status: Unproven

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Patch Day July 2012
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3124 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3124
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5767

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X-Force: 77048 - Oracle Solaris Kernel/KSSL denial of service, Medium Risk
SecurityFocus: 54528 - Oracle Sun Products Suite CVE-2012-3124 Remote Solaris Vulnerability
OSVDB: 83942
SecurityTracker: 1027274 - Solaris Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Access and Modify Data and Deny Service and Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 35575 - [cpujul2012-392727] Oracle Solaris 10 Allows to Affect Availability via Vectors Related to Kernel/KSSL, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/30/2012 16:00
Updated: 12/31/2024 03:46
Changes: 07/30/2012 16:00 (69), 04/19/2017 10:29 (9), 12/31/2024 03:46 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:550:103

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