Sun Solaris sh(1) denial of service
| solaris-sh-dos (25744) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Sun Solaris could allow a local attacker to cause a denial of service, caused by a vulnerability in the Bourne shell. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause sh(1) processes to crash when temporary files are created, resulting in a denial of service for certain scripts or users.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 102282 for patch information. See References.
References:
- Sun Alert ID: 102282: Security Vulnerability May Allow 'sh' Process to be Crashed Causing a Denial of Service.
- ASA-2006-122: Sun Alert Notifications from Sun Weekly Report dated April 15 2006
- BID-17478: Sun Solaris SH(1) Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1780: The Bourne shell (sh) in Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (sh crash) via an unspecified attack vector that causes sh processes to crash during creation of temporary files.
- SA19627: Sun Solaris "sh" Process Denial of Service Vulnerability
- SA21493: Avaya CMS / IR Sun Solaris LDAP2 and "sh" Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1015902: Solaris Bug in sh Temporary File Creation Lets Local Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-1333: Sun Solaris sh Process Temporary Files Handling 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:
Apr 11, 2006
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