Oracle Solaris 11 NDMP Backup Service denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Solaris 11. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component NDMP Backup Service. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2015-4920. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Oracle Solaris 11 (Operating System). This affects an unknown functionality of the component NDMP Backup Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11 allows local users to affect integrity via vectors related to NDMP Backup Service.

The weakness was released 01/20/2016 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-4920 since 06/24/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 88001 (Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jan2016_SRU11_3_0_0_0), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

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 (88001), SecurityFocus (BID 80692†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56077†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-79828, VDB-80389, VDB-80556 and VDB-80403. 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: 88001
Nessus Name: Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jan2016_SRU11_3_0_0_0
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-4920 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4920
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80571
SecurityFocus: 80692 - Oracle January 2016 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1034735
Vulnerability Center: 56077 - [cpujan2016-2367955-Sun-Systems-Products-Suite] Oracle Solaris 11 Local Unspecified Vulnerability in NDMP, Low

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Created: 01/21/2016 16:56
Updated: 07/05/2022 14:18
Changes: 01/21/2016 16:56 (70), 07/04/2018 12:16 (3), 07/05/2022 14:18 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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