Oracle Solaris 3.3/4.2 DevFS denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Oracle Solaris 3.3/4.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component DevFS. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-2616. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris 3.3/4.2 (Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component DevFS. 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 Oracle Sun Solaris 3.3 and 4.2 allows local users to affect availability via unknown vectors related to DevFS.

The weakness was shared 07/16/2015 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-2616 since 03/20/2015. 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 71659 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 145333-37), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks.

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 Tenable (71659), SecurityFocus (BID 75872†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51522†). The entries VDB-76560, VDB-76561, VDB-76562 and VDB-76563 are related to this item. 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 71659
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 145333-37
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: oracle.com
Organization: Oracle
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CVE: CVE-2015-2616 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2616
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76604
SecurityFocus: 75872 - Oracle Solaris Cluster CVE-2015-2616 Local Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032914
Vulnerability Center: 51522 - [cpujul2015-2367936] Oracle Sun Solaris Local DoS due to an Issue in DevFS, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/17/2015 10:42
Updated: 06/02/2022 14:38
Changes: 07/17/2015 10:42 (53), 07/15/2017 08:32 (11), 06/02/2022 14:35 (3), 06/02/2022 14:38 (1)
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