Sun Solaris /proc(4) pagedata denial of service
| solaris-proc-pagedata-dos (25152) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Sun Solaris is vulnerable to a denial of service attack, caused by a vulnerability in the pagedata subsystem in the /proc(4) file system. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the system to stop responding or cause a system kernel panic.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 3.5 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 2.6 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 102159 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- Sun Alert ID: 102159: A Security Vulnerability Involving the "pagedata" Subsystem of the Process File System (/proc(4)) May Cause the System to Hang or Panic.
- ASA-2006-081: Sun Alert Notifications from Sun Weekly Report dated Mar 04 2006
- BID-16966: Sun Solaris Proc Filesystem Pagedata Subsystem Local Denial Of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1092: Unspecified vulnerability in the pagedata subsystem of the process file system (/proc) in Solaris 8 through 10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system hang or panic) via unknown attack vectors that cause cause the kmem_oversize arena to allocate a large amount of system memory that does not get freed.
- SA19128: Sun Solaris "/proc" Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SA19716: Avaya CMS / IR "/proc" Denial of Service
- SECTRACK ID: 1015723: Sun Solaris Memory Leak in Proc Pagedata Subsystem Lets Local Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-0829: Sun Solaris Process File System Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Sun Solaris 10 x86
- Sun Solaris 10 SPARC
- Sun Solaris 8 SPARC
- Sun Solaris 8 x86
- Sun Solaris 9 SPARC
- Sun Solaris 9 x86
Reported:
Mar 03, 2006
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