Oracle Solaris 11 Kernel denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris 11. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Kernel. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-3178. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris 11 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Kernel. 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the kernel in Oracle Sun Solaris 11 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 01/15/2013 with Oracle as cpujan2013-1515902 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. The public release has been coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-3178 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 76811 (Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jan2013_SRU2_5), 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 121143 (Solaris 11.1 Support Repository Update (SRU) 2.5 Missing).

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 (81308), Tenable (76811), SecurityFocus (BID 57406†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-38142†). isc.sans.edu is providing further details. The entries VDB-5683, VDB-7067, VDB-7372 and VDB-7391 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 76811
Nessus Name: Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jan2013_SRU2_5
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: cpujan2013-1515902
Organization: Oracle
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CVE: CVE-2012-3178 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3178
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7412
X-Force: 81308
SecurityFocus: 57406 - Oracle Solaris CVE-2012-3178 Local Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 38142 - [cpujan2013-1515902] Oracle Sun Solaris 11 Unspecified Local Vulnerability, Low

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Created: 01/18/2013 09:45
Updated: 04/22/2021 10:44
Changes: 01/18/2013 09:45 (75), 04/24/2017 09:43 (3), 04/22/2021 10:44 (3)
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