Oracle Solaris 8/9/10/11 mailx denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Oracle Solaris 8/9/10/11. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component mailx. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-3165. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris 8/9/10/11 (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component mailx. 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 confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10, and 11 allows local users to affect confidentiality and integrity via unknown vectors related to mailx.

The weakness was released 10/16/2012 with Oracle as cpuoct2012-1515893 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-3165 since 06/06/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 76831 (Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : oct2012_SRU12_4), 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 120603 (Solaris Mailx 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 (76831), SecurityFocus (BID 56012†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36715†). darkreading.com is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-6718, VDB-6719, VDB-6788 and VDB-6696. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 76831
Nessus Name: Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : oct2012_SRU12_4
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: cpuoct2012-1515893
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3165 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3165
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-6776

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SecurityFocus: 56012 - Oracle Solaris CVE-2012-3215 Local Security Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 36715 - [cpuoct2012-1515893] Oracle Sun Solaris 8, 9, 10, 11 Local Unspecified Vulnerability Related to mailx - CVE-2012-3165, Low

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/18/2012 10:00
Updated: 12/31/2024 03:46
Changes: 10/18/2012 10:00 (65), 04/19/2017 10:31 (12), 04/18/2021 13:45 (2), 12/31/2024 03:46 (18)
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