VDB-58019 · CVE-2011-2259 · BID 48787

Sun Solaris 5.11 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun Solaris 5.11 and classified as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-2259. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 5.11 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. 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 8, 9, 10, and 11 Express allows local users to affect availability, related to UFS.

The weakness was shared 07/20/2011 with Oracle (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-2259 since 06/02/2011. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119432 (Solaris UFS Denial of Service Vulnerability).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 48787†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-32371†). The entries VDB-53257, VDB-58052, VDB-58051 and VDB-58050 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

06/02/2011 🔍
07/19/2011 +47 days 🔍
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07/20/2011 +1 days 🔍
07/20/2011 +0 days 🔍
07/21/2011 +1 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1341 days 🔍
01/12/2025 +3583 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: Oracle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2259 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2259
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-58019

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SecurityFocus: 48787 - Oracle Sun CVE-2011-2259 Local Solaris Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 32371 - [cpujuly2011-313328] Oracle Solaris 8, 9, 10, and 11 Express UFS Unspecified Local Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 01/12/2025 06:07
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (48), 03/28/2017 08:55 (12), 01/12/2025 06:07 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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