Sun Solaris 5.11 Backend denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Sun Solaris 5.11. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Backend. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2011-3542. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun Solaris 5.11 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Backend. 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 Solaris 10 and 11 Express allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Kernel/Performance Counter BackEnd Module (pcbe).

The weakness was disclosed 10/18/2011 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-3542. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56436 (Solaris 10 (x86) : 144501-19), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119688 (Solaris Kernel/Performance Counter BackEnd Module 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 X-Force (70814), Tenable (56436), SecurityFocus (BID 50244†), OSVDB (76474†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33610†). The entries VDB-59140, VDB-59139, VDB-59138 and VDB-59136 are pretty similar. 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 56436
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (x86) : 144501-19
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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09/16/2011 🔍
10/10/2011 +24 days 🔍
10/18/2011 +8 days 🔍
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10/19/2011 +1 days 🔍
10/26/2011 +7 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1244 days 🔍
01/06/2025 +3576 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Organization: Oracle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-3542 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3542
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59137

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X-Force: 70814
SecurityFocus: 50244 - Oracle Sun Solaris CVE-2011-3542 Local Vulnerability
OSVDB: 76474
Vulnerability Center: 33610 - [cpuoct2011-330135] Oracle Solaris 10 and 11 Express Kernel/Performance Counter BackEnd Module Local DoS Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 01/06/2025 00:02
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (56), 04/04/2017 11:23 (11), 11/24/2021 08:51 (4), 11/24/2021 08:56 (1), 01/06/2025 00:02 (16)
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