Sun Solaris strfreectty function denial of service
| solaris-strfreectty-dos (36379) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Sun Solaris is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error in the Special File System's (SPECFS) strfreectty function. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.9 |
| Access Vector: | Local |
| Access Complexity: | Low |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 3.6 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 103009 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For Avaya:
Refer to ASA-2007-374 for patch, upgrade, or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Contact your vendor for upgrade or patch information.
References:
- Sun Alert ID: 103009: A Security Vulnerability With the Special File System (SPECFS) strfreectty() Function May Allow a Local Unprivileged User to Panic a System.
- ASA-2007-374: A Security Vulnerability With the Special File System (SPECFS) strfreectty() Function May Allow a Local Unprivileged User to Panic a System (Sun 103009)
- BID-25510: Sun Solaris Special File System Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
- CVE-2007-4732: Unspecified vulnerability in the strfreectty function in the Special File System (SPECFS) in Sun Solaris 8 through 10 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system panic), related to passing a NULL pointer to the pgsignal function.
- SA26528: Sun Solaris Special File System "strfreectty()" Security Issue
- SA26731: Avaya CMS / IR Solaris Special File System "strfreectty()" Security Issue
- SECTRACK ID: 1018643: Solaris Special File System Lets Local Users Deny Service
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-3031: Sun Solaris Special File System strfreectty() Denial of Service Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- Avaya Call Management System 12
- Avaya Call Management System 13
- Avaya Call Management System 13.1
- Avaya Call Management System 14
- Avaya Interactive Response 1.3
- Avaya Interactive Response 2.0
- Sun Solaris 10 SPARC
- Sun Solaris 10 x86
- Sun Solaris 8 x86
- Sun Solaris 8 SPARC
- Sun Solaris 9 x86
- Sun Solaris 9 SPARC
Reported:
Aug 31, 2007
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