Oracle Solaris 11.3 Verified Boot denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris 11.3. It has been classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Verified Boot. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2016-5454. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris 11.3 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Verified Boot. 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 integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.3 allows local users to affect integrity and availability via vectors related to Verified Boot.

The weakness was published 07/19/2016 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-5454 since 06/16/2016. Attacking locally is a requirement. The requirement for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92455 (Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jul2016_SRU11_3_9_4_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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 296003 (Solaris 11.3 Support Repository Update (SRU) 10.5.0 Missing).

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 (92455) and SecurityFocus (BID 91787†). Similar entries are available at VDB-76354, VDB-78584, VDB-78603 and VDB-78601. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 92455
Nessus Name: Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : jul2016_SRU11_3_9_4_0
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5454 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5454
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-90095
SecurityFocus: 91787 - Oracle July 2016 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036407

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/20/2016 11:30
Updated: 11/18/2024 05:56
Changes: 07/20/2016 11:30 (64), 03/04/2019 12:00 (13), 09/08/2022 14:12 (3), 11/18/2024 05:56 (16)
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Cache ID: 216:F3B:103

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