Oracle Solaris 10/11.2 Gzip denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Solaris 10/11.2. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Gzip. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-2642. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris 10/11.2 (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Gzip. 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 and 11.2 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Gzip.

The weakness was disclosed 10/20/2015 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2015 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-2642 since 03/20/2015. 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 19839 (Solaris 10 (sparc) : 120719-07), 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 124168 (Oracle Solaris 10 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUOCT2015)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (19839), SecurityFocus (BID 77178†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-53692†). The entries VDB-77628, VDB-78614, VDB-78643 and VDB-78622 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 19839
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (sparc) : 120719-07
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2015
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-2642 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2642
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78667

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SecurityFocus: 77178
SecurityTracker: 1033881
Vulnerability Center: 53692 - [cpuoct2015-2367953-Sun-Systems-Products-Suite] Oracle Solaris Local Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2015-2642, Medium

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Created: 10/21/2015 12:52
Updated: 06/23/2022 12:58
Changes: 10/21/2015 12:52 (62), 02/15/2018 07:51 (7), 06/23/2022 12:50 (3), 06/23/2022 12:58 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:B1F:103

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