Oracle Solaris 10 CPU Performance Counters Drivers denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Oracle Solaris 10. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component CPU Performance Counters Drivers. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2013-0408. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Solaris 10 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component CPU Performance Counters Drivers. 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 availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 10 allows local users to affect availability via vectors related to CPU performance counters drivers.

The weakness was presented 04/16/2013 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2013 as not defined advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2013-0408 since 12/07/2012. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A single 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 73970 (IBM Notes 8.0.x / 8.5.x / 9.0.x with IBM Java < 1.6 SR15 FP1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 121062 (Solaris IPv6 Filesystem/NFS and CPU Performance Counters Drivers Vulnerabilities).

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 (83519), Tenable (73970), SecurityFocus (BID 61310†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-39335†). Additional details are provided at zdnet.com. See VDB-7066, VDB-7607, VDB-8322 and VDB-8265 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
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Nessus ID: 73970
Nessus Name: IBM Notes 8.0.x / 8.5.x / 9.0.x with IBM Java < 1.6 SR15 FP1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2013
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CVE: CVE-2013-0408 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0408
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8383

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X-Force: 83519
SecurityFocus: 61310 - IBM Java CVE-2013-4002 Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 39335 - [cpuapr2013-1899555] Oracle Solaris 10 Unspecified Local Vulnerability Related to CPU Performance Counters Drivers - CVE-2013-0408, Medium

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Created: 04/17/2013 11:51
Updated: 05/08/2021 13:48
Changes: 04/17/2013 11:51 (76), 04/28/2017 09:15 (2), 05/08/2021 13:48 (3)
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