Sun Solaris NFS XDR denial of service
| solaris-nfs-xdr-dos (34857) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Sun Solaris is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a vulnerability in the NFS server. If the NFS server is enabled, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially-crafted NFS request containing malicious XDR data to cause a denial of service.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 3 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 102965 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
References:
- Sun Alert ID: 102965: A Security Vulnerability in Solaris 10 NFS XDR Handling May Allow a Denial of Service to NFS Servers.
- ASA-2007-271: A Security Vulnerability in Solaris 10 NFS XDR Handling May Allow a Denial of Service to NFS Servers (Sun 102965)
- BID-24466: Sun Solaris NFS Server XDR Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-3223: Unspecified vulnerability in the NFS server in Sun Solaris 10 before 20070613 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via certain XDR data in NFS requests, probably related to processing of data by the xdr_bool and xdrmblk_getint32 functions.
- SA25668: Sun Solaris 10 NFS XDR Handling Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1018253: Solaris NFS Bug in Processing XDR Data Lets Remote Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2190: Sun Solaris Security Update Fixes NFS XDR Handling Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Sun Solaris 10 x86
- Sun Solaris 10 SPARC
Reported:
Jun 13, 2007
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