Oracle Solaris 10/11.3 Kernel x86 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Oracle Solaris 10/11.3. Affected is an unknown function of the component Kernel x86. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-5544. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle Solaris 10/11.3 (Operating System). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Kernel x86. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 10 and 11.3 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Kernel/X86.

The weakness was disclosed 10/19/2016 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-5544 since 06/16/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68873 (Solaris 10 (x86) : 150401-59 (deprecated)), 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 296005 (Oracle Solaris 10 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities (CPUOCT2016)).

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 (68873) and SecurityFocus (BID 93746†). The entries VDB-4597, VDB-4598, VDB-9647 and VDB-79101 are pretty similar. 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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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 68873
Nessus Name: Solaris 10 (x86) : 150401-59 (deprecated)
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06/16/2016 +1068 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5544 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5544
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92927

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SecurityFocus: 93746 - Oracle Solaris CVE-2016-5544 Local Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037048

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/19/2016 10:22
Updated: 09/27/2022 15:27
Changes: 10/19/2016 10:22 (66), 05/14/2019 14:35 (13), 09/27/2022 15:27 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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