Oracle Solaris 10 inetd denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Oracle Solaris 10. Affected is an unknown function of the component inetd. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2012-5095. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. 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 inetd. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 10 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to inetd.

The weakness was published 10/16/2012 with Oracle as cpuoct2012-1515893 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The public release has been coordinated with Oracle. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-5095 since 09/22/2012. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62508 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 137097-02), 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 120602 (Solaris Inetd Unspecified Local 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 Tenable (62508), SecurityFocus (BID 55887†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36673†). Additional details are provided at darkreading.com. Similar entries are available at VDB-6718, VDB-6719, VDB-6788 and VDB-6696. 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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Nessus ID: 62508
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 137097-02
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: cpuoct2012-1515893
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-5095 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5095
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6775

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SecurityFocus: 55887 - RETIRED: Oracle October 2012 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 36673 - [cpuoct2012-1515893] Oracle Sun Solaris 10 Local Unspecified Vulnerability Related to inetd(1M) - CVE-2012-5095, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/18/2012 10:00
Updated: 12/29/2024 18:57
Changes: 10/18/2012 10:00 (65), 04/19/2017 10:31 (12), 04/18/2021 13:38 (2), 12/29/2024 18:57 (18)
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